
“If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.”
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XVII, Taxes on Other Commodities, p. 168
Source: 1930s- 1950s, The End of Economic Man (1939), p. 84
“If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.”
Source: The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1821) (Third Edition), Chapter XVII, Taxes on Other Commodities, p. 168
Source: 1930s- 1950s, The End of Economic Man (1939), pp. 13-14
Ce besoin de l’immatériel est le plus vivace de tous. Il faut du pain; mais avant le pain, il faut l’idéal.
" Les fleurs http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Proses_philosophiques_-_Les_Fleurs#IV," (ca. 1860 - 1865), from Oeuvres complètes (1909); published in English as The Memoirs of Victor Hugo, trans. John W. Harding (1899), Chapter VI: Love in Prison, part II
“Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing.”
"Food for Thought and Vice Versa" (p. 109).
Metropolitan Life (1978)
“False hope is the bread - and - butter of my existence, the only thing that keeps me going.”
Source: Working Class Zero (2003), Chapter 11, p. 91
No. 24. (Rica writing to Ibben)
Lettres Persanes (Persian Letters, 1721)
Des Moines Iowa speech (1 February 1916) http://www.combat.ws/S3/BAKISSUE/CMBT01N2/SMOKE.HTM, on "The Westerm Preparedness Tour" http://www.allthingswilliam.com/presidents/wilson.html
1910s
Presidency (1977–1981), Farewell Address (1981)
Context: We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century. During the period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries, but necessities— not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself.
“473. Hope is the poor man's bread.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)