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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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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The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities. – David Ricardo

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But the wicked passions of mens hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm. – Algernon H. Blackwood

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Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didnt know that at first. – Steve Lacy

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