The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade th…

Edmund Burke
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The superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one. It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. ✨ Edmund Burke, Harvey C. Mansfield (1984). Selected Letters of Edmund Burke, p.406, University of Chicago Press
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