No Extension Of Foreign Trade Will Immediately

It Appears To Me That One Great Cause Of Our Difference In Opinion On Subjects Which We Often Discuss Is That You Have Always In Mind The Immediate And Temporary Effects Of Particular Changes, Whereas I Put These Effects Quite Aside, And Fix My Whole Attention On The Long-term Effects That Will Result From Them.

Money Is Neither A Material To Work Upon Nor A Tool To Work With.

Gold, On The Contrary, Though Of Little Use Compared With Air Or Water, Will Exchange For A Great Quantity Of Other Goods.

No Extension Of Foreign Trade Will Immediately Increase The Amount Of Value In A Country, Although It Will Very Powerfully Contribute To Increase The Mass Of Commodities And Therefore The Sum Of Enjoyments.

There Can Be No Rise In The Value Of Labour Without A Fall Of Profits.