Neither A State Nor A Bank Ever

Nothing Contributes So Much To The Prosperity And Happiness Of A Country As High Profits.

Gold, On The Contrary, Though Of Little Use Compared With Air Or Water, Will Exchange For A Great Quantity Of Other Goods.

Neither A State Nor A Bank Ever Have Had Unrestricted Power Of Issuing Paper Money Without Abusing That Power.

If English Money Was Of The Same Value Then As Before, Hamburgh Money Must Have Risen In Value. But Where Is The Proof Of This?

Gold And Silver, Like Other Commodities, Have An Intrinsic Value, Which Is Not Arbitrary, But Is Dependent On Their Scarcity, The Quantity Of Labour Bestowed In Procuring Them, And The Value Of The Capital Employed In The Mines Which Produce Them.