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William Petty quoteWilliam Petty [1623-1687] English Economist
Quote rank: 106



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.

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