We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This instinctive repulsion which tradespeople inspire in men of sensitive feeling is one of the very rare consolations for being so impoverished which are given to those of us who dont sell anything to anybody. – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

The market is a place set apart where men may deceive each other – Diogenes Laertius

The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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