The First Thing You Have To Know

A Gardener Who Cultivates His Own Garden With His Own Hands, Unites In His Own Person The Three Different Characters, Of Landlord, Farmer, And Labourer. His Produce, Therefore, Should Pay Him The Rent Of The First, The Profit Of The Second, And The Wages Of The Third.

In A Militia, The Character Of The Laborer, Artificer, Or Tradesman, Predominates Over That Of The Soldier: In A Standing Army, That Of The Soldier Predominates Over Every Other Character.

Consumption Is The Sole End And Purpose Of All Production; And The Interest Of The Producer Ought To Be Attended To, Only So Far As It May Be Necessary For Promoting That Of The Consumer.

Every Tax Ought To Be So Contrived As Both To Take Out And To Keep Out Of The Pockets Of The People As Little As Possible, Over And Above What It Brings Into The Public Treasury Of The State.

No Society Can Surely Be Flourishing And Happy, Of Which The Far Greater Part Of The Members Are Poor And Miserable. It Is But Equity, Besides, That They Who Feed, Clothe And Lodge The Whole Body Of The People, Should Have Such A Share Of The Produce Of Their Own Labour As To Be Themselves Tolerably Well Fed, Clothed And Lodged.