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"Wealth" The Conduct of Life (1860)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The basis of political economy is non-interference. The only safe rule is found in the self-adjusting meter of demand and supply.
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Do not legislate. Meddle, and you snap the sinews with your sumptuary laws.
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