Quote#Wisdom
The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some…
Quote byJohn Ramsay McCulloch · 1789–1864
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John Ramsay McCulloch (1848; 156), cited in: Roderick Floud, et al. (2014), The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume 1. p. 363.
English (original)
The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some things but in many more it is wholly inapplicable; and to appeal to it on all occasions savors more of the policy of a parrot than of a statesman or a philosopher.
— John Ramsay McCulloch
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