In the next place, it will be asked, who shall pay these men I answer, everybody.
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Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves.William Petty
Another cause which aggravates taxes is the force of paying them in money at a certain tinge, and not in commodities at the most convenient seasons.
William Petty
Now, forasmuch as princes are not only powerful but rich, according to a number of people (hands being the Father as lands are the Mother or Womb of Wealth), it is no wonder why states by encouraging marriage, advance their own interests.
William Petty
As for religion, I die in the profession of that faith, and in the practice of such worship as I find established by the law of my country.
William Petty
We incline, therefore, to think the parishes should be equal or near, because in the reformed religion the principal use of a church is to preach in.
William Petty
A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
William Petty
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