David RicardoThinkers

Capital is by no means increased by non-consumption.

Capital is that part of the wealth of a country which is employed in production, and consists of food, clothing, tools, raw materials, machinery, etc., necessary to give effect to labor.

Exploitation is the sin-qua-non of profit — There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.

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Labor's natural price is that price which is necessary to enable the laborers, on with another, to subsist and to perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.

The Landlord's interests are always opposed to the interests of every other class in the community.

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Luxury tax is the same thing as to raise the item's price. It falls wholly on the consumer and thus can neither increase wages nor lower profits.

Minimum wage is folly — wages should be left to the fair and free competition of the market, and should never be controlled by the interference of the legislature.

Money is neither a material to work upon nor a tool to work with.

Poverty is necessary because of scarcity.