12+ Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune Quotes On Education, Society

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune was a French statesman and economist who served as Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI from 1774 to 1776. He was an early advocate of economic liberalism and free trade and sought to reduce the power of the French monarchy. He is remembered as one of the earliest and most influential advocates of economic liberalism and free trade. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune on education, love, society.

The expenses of government, having for their object the interest of all, should be borne by everyone, and the more a man enjoys the advantages of society, the more he ought to hold himself honored in contributing to those expenses. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

It is not error which opposes the progress of truth; it is indolence, obstinacy, the spirit of routine, every thing which favors inaction. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a new world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis. He snatched the lightning from the sky and the sceptre from tyrants. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Every soil does not produce every material. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

The earth has been cultivated before it has been divided; the cultivation itself having been the only motive for a division, and for that law which secures to every one his property. For the first persons who have employed themselves in cultivation, have probably worked as much land as their strength would permit, and, consequently, more than was necessary for their own nourishment. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

All merchandize has the two essential properties of money, to measure and to represent all value: and in this sense all merchandize is money. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

All money is essentially merchandize. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

The whole mass of humanity . . . marches constantly, though slowly, toward greater perfection. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Gold and silver are constituted, by the nature of things, money, and universal money, independent of all convention, and of all laws. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

All is more or less proper to serve as a common measure, in proportion as it is more or less in general use, of a more similar quality, and more easy to be divided into aliquot parts. All is more or less applicable for the purpose of a general pledge of exchange, in proportion as it is less susceptible of decay or alteration in quantity or quality. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Scrupulous people are not suited to great affairs. — Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Life Lessons by Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune taught the importance of understanding the economic and social conditions of the people. He believed in the power of education and hard work to improve the lives of people. He was also a proponent of free trade and the abolition of feudalism and other outdated systems.