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"The conclusion [of the essay 'Of the Protestant Succession'] shows me a Whig, but a very sceptical one."

"When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers."

"Thank heaven that we don’t get all of the government that we are made to pay for."

"Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."

"Freedom granted only when it is known beforehand that its effects will be beneficial is not freedom."

"In the modern industrial communities... the apparatus of living has grown so elaborate and cumbrous... that the consumers of these things cannot make way with them in the required manner without help."

"Politics means a strong slow drilling of hard boards, with passion and judgment at the same time."

"government that can't tax ...is no government at all."

"No less importantly, intellectual probing is needed to identify deeds that are not intended to be injurious, but which have that effect..."

"The cheaper the stock, the better the outlook for future returns."

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John James Cowperthwaite

Economics

1915–2006

"Sir John Cowperthwaite's obituary from the Daily Telegraph"

"Demand and supply are the opposite extremes of the beam, whence depend the scales of dearness and cheapness; the price is the point of equilibrium, where the momentum of the one ceases, and that of the other begins."

"Sometimes economists in official positions give bad advice; sometimes they give very, very bad advice; and sometimes they work at the OECD."

"'Body of Copernicus' identified – BBC article including image of Copernicus using facial reconstruction based on located skull"

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William Stanley Jevons

Economics

1835–1882

"In this work I have attempted to treat economy as a calculus of pleasure and pain, and have sketched out,almost irrespective of previous opinions, the form which the science,as it seems to me, must ultimately take."

"Computer viruses have since become a worldwide problem. It begins to look as if parasites are inevitable in any system of life."

"New York Times: Theodore Schultz, 95, Winner Of a Key Prize in Economics"

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🇺🇸Gary North (economist)

Economics

Christian reconstructionism

"Although most religions promise paradise after death, most collectivists, especially Marxists, preach paradise on earth, but through means rarely considered heavenly."

"JohanNorberg.net – official website and blog"

"Yes, the aim of the riot is to bring down the regime."

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🇺🇸Albert O. Hirschman

Economics

1915–2012

"A taste is almost defined as a preference about which you do not argue — de gustibus non est disputandum. A taste about which you argue, with others or yourself, ceases ipso facto being a taste – it turns into a value."

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