Quote by David Ricardo
By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of d

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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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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Food
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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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finance
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There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. – Elizabeth Bowen

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I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years – particularly My Sisters Keeper. It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change peoples minds. – Jodi Picoult

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alone

What Im trying to do is get this message out about self-empowerment, entrepreneurial spirit and true Americanism – the way we were when we changed the world, when Edison was alone, failing his 2,000th time on the lightbulb. – Glenn Beck

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alone

When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If someone knocked on my door, there was a part of me that went into a rage, because I wanted to be isolated and alone. – Ashley Judd

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alone

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Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich. – William Bolitho

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Two dogs strive for a bone and the third one runs off with it. – Proverb

Terrorists have failed to trigger mass conflict between Muslims and non-Muslims in Europe. We should draw strength from that fact. – Gijs de Vries

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