The last point for consideration is the supposed disposition of the people to interfere with the rights of property. So essential does it appear to me, to the cause of good government, that the rights of property should be held sacred, that I would agree to deprive those of the elective franchise against whom it could justly be alleged that they considered it their interest to invade them.
David RicardoThe opinions that the price of commodities depends solely on the proportion of supply and demand, or demand to supply, has become almost an axiom in political economy, and has been the source of much error in that science.
David RicardoIf English money was of the same value then as before, Hamburgh money must have risen in value. But where is the proof of this?
David RicardoIf a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.
David Ricardo