"The value of a commodity, or the quantity of any other commodity for which it will exchange, depends on the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command."

"The greatest and most important branch of the commerce of every nation, is that which is carried on between the inhabitants of the town and those of the country. The one furnishes the other with raw m…"

"The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable."

"The third and last duty of the sovereign or commonwealth is that of erecting and maintaining those public institutions and those public works, which, though they may be in the highest degree advantage…"

"The great object of the political economy of every country is to increase the riches and power of that country."