Jean Baptiste Colbert Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

4 Famous Quotes by Jean Baptiste Colbert
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“The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing”
Taxation Quotes
“Let it alone. Let it pass by. [Lat., Laissez faire, laissez passer.]”
Politics Quotes
Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840
“Finality is not the language of politics.”
Politics Quotes
Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840
“In politics nothing is contemptible.”
Politics Quotes
Source: according to Lord John Russell, see report of his speech in London "Times", Apr. 2, 1840