It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.

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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair

Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only...

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

Laws, like houses, lean on one another.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude...

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

The traveller has reached the end of the journey!

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations...

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.