Quote#Politics & Power
But not to weigh the Particulars, and come to reckon by Ounces and…
Quote byDaniel Defoe · 1660–1731
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Plan of the English Commerce (1728), pp. 306-307.
English (original)
But not to weigh the Particulars, and come to reckon by Ounces and Drams, this is certain, and will be granted, that the Product of our improved Colonies raises infinitely more Trade, employs more Hands, and I think, I may say by Consequence, brings in more Wealth to this one particular Nation or People, the English, than all the Mines of New Spain do to the Spaniards.
— Daniel Defoe
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