Quote#Wisdom
The journeymen, however, know their own interest better than it is…
Quote byThomas Hodgskin · 1787–1869
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital (1825), p. 93.
English (original)
The journeymen, however, know their own interest better than it is known to the legislator; and they would be all richer if there were not an idle capitalist in the country.
— Thomas Hodgskin
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