Instead of using only comparative Words and intellectual Arguments, I have taken the course…to express myself in Terms of Number, Weight, or Measure; to use only Arguments of Sense, and to consider only such Causes, as have visible Foundations in Nature.
William Petty Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 27th May, 1623 |
| Death: | 16th December, 1687 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Economist, Philosopher, Scientist |
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