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“On a dit qu’en économie politique, il ne fallait s’en rapporter qu’aux chiffres; quand je vois qu’il n’y a pas d’opération détestable qu’on n’ait soutenue et déterminée par des calculs arithmétiques, je croirais plutôt que ce sont les chiffres qui tuent les états.”

Jean-Baptiste Say livre Traité d'économie politique

Traité d'économie politique, 1803

“Administrer ce qui devrait être abandonné à soi-même, c’est faire du mal aux administrés, et leur faire payer le mal qu’on leur fait comme si c’était un bien.”

Jean-Baptiste Say livre Traité d'économie politique

Traité d'économie politique, 1803

“C’est la production qui ouvre des débouchés aux produits”

Jean-Baptiste Say livre Traité d'économie politique

Traité d'économie politique, 1803

“Ainsi n’y a-t-il pas d’opinion extravagante qui n’ait été appuyée sur des faits, et c’est avec des faits qu’on a souvent égaré l’autorité publique. La connaissance des faits, sans la connaissance des rapports qui les lient, n’est que le savoir non digéré d’un commis de bureau”

Jean-Baptiste Say livre Traité d'économie politique

Traité d'économie politique, 1803

“On n’est jamais mieux gouverné que lorsqu’il n’y a pas de gouvernement.”

Jean-Baptiste Say

Politique pratique

“L’histoire n’est pas utile parcequ’on y lit le passé, mais parcequ’on y lit l’avenir.”

Jean-Baptiste Say livre Petit volume contenant quelques aperçus des hommes et de la société

Petit volume contenant quelques aperçus des hommes et de la société, 1817

Jean-Baptiste Say: Citations en anglais

“But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of the home producers, with a view to supply foreigners at a cheaper rate, and give them all the benifet of the national privation and self denial?”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter VII, Section IV, p. 340

“Dominion by land or sea will appear equally destitute of attraction, when it comes to be generally understood, that all its advantages rest with the rulers, and that the subjects at large derive no benefit whatever.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 431

“A nation or an individual, will do wisely to direct consumption chiefly to those articles, that are longest time in wearing out, and the most frequently in use.”

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Jean-Baptiste Say

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter IV, p. 398

“When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter VI, Section II, p. 429

“The celebrated Adam Smith was the first to point out the immense increase of production, and the superior perfection of products referable to this division of labour.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter VIII, p. 91

“A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number of truths are loosely laid hold of, without their connexion being perceived, and numerous errors, without being enabled to detect their fallacy.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. xv

“Still how unenlightened and ignorant are the very nations we term civilized!”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Introduction, p. lix-lx

“The luxury of ostentation affords a much less substantial and solid gratification, than the luxury of comfort, if I may be allowed the expression.”

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Jean-Baptiste Say

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter IV, p. 397

“A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XVII, Section I, p. 168

“One product is always ultimately bought with another, even when paid for in the first instance with money.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter IV, 306

“capital cannot be more beneficially employed, then in strengthening and aiding the productive powers of nature.”

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Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book II, On Distribution, Chapter VIII, Section III, p. 357

“Some writers maintain arithmetic to be only the only sure guide in political economy; for my part, I see so many detestable systems built upon arithmetical statements, that I am rather inclined to regard that science as the instrument of national calamity.”

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Jean-Baptiste Say

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book I, On Production, Chapter XVII, Section III, p. 188

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