Edmund Burke Quotes on Economics

3 quotes

  1. And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

  2. The objects of a financier are, then, to secure an ample revenue; to impose it with judgment and equality; to employ it economically; and, when necessity obliges him to make use of credit, to secure its foundations in that instance, and for ever, by the clearness and candour of his proceedings, the exactness of his calculations, and the solidity of his funds.

  3. Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

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