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After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the f

After all the fertile land in the immediate neighbourhood of the first settlers were cultivated, if capital and population increased, more food would be required, and it could only be procured from land not so advantageously situated. – David Ricardo

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By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them. – David Ricardo

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Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. – David Ricardo

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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers – mostly small and humble – who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. – Norman Borlaug

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It cast a gloom over the boat, there being no mustard. We ate our beef in silence. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isnt enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasnt prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. – Frank McCourt

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We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply. – Kenneth Lay

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