The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.
David RicardoIf a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.
David RicardoBy far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them.
David Ricardo