The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de LauneEripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de LauneWhat I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a new world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune