It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its grandeur and power. (Jean-Baptiste Colbert)

It is simply, and solely, the abundance of money within a state [which] makes the difference in its grandeur and power.

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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