William Petty Quotes

I make this question, whether, since they do all live by begging... it were not better for the state to keep them.

- William Petty

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No man pays double or twice for the same thing, forasmuch as nothing can be spent but once. - William Petty

Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain means are provided to keep all men from a necessity either to beg, or steal, or be Souldiers. - William Petty

Now, forasmuch as princes are not only powerful but rich, according to a number of people (hands being the Father as lands are the Mother or Womb of Wealth), it is no wonder why states by encouraging marriage, advance their own interests. - William Petty