And very often the influence exerted on a person's character by the amount of his income is hardly less, if it is less, than that exerted by the way in which it is earned.

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

We might as well reasonably dispute whether it is the upper or the under blade of a pair of scissors that cuts a piece of paper, as whether value is governed by demand or supply.

The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists is he who professes to let facts and figures speak for themselves.

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.