The ancients, by their system of colonization, made themselves friends all over the known world; the moderns have sought to make subjects, and therefore have made enemies.


Book I, On Production, Chapter XIX, p. 213 - A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832)

Jean-Baptiste Say Quotes

The ancients, by their system of colonization, made themselves friends all over the known world; the moderns have sought to make subjects, and...

The ancients, by their system of colonization, made themselves friends all over the known world; the moderns have sought to make subjects, and...

The ancients, by their system of colonization, made themselves friends all over the known world; the moderns have sought to make subjects, and...

The ancients, by their system of colonization, made themselves friends all over the known world; the moderns have sought to make subjects, and...