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Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service read more
Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
 There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a 
penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; read more 
 There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a 
penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make 
it felony to drink small beer. 
 Besides, you know
 Prosperity's the very bond of love,
  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
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 Besides, you know
 Prosperity's the very bond of love,
  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
   Affliction alters. 
 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and 
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as read more 
 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and 
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 
 The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
 [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]  
 The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
 [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.] 
We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic read more
We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible
 In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and 
arrogance.
 [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque read more 
 In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and 
arrogance.
 [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque 
magno opere fugiamus.] 
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.
Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.