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By a system of finance I do not mean the finances of the Crown, which consist in distributing among the citizens and utilizing those charges that are indispensable for the maintenance of the Crown and the state with the greatest security, the least confusion and the most equitable sharing of the burden, but the finances of the country, which should be carefully distinguished from the former and consist in the manner of establishing the coinage of the realm on such a footing as will best promote security and enterprise in all productive occupations, from which the country as a whole and each individual subject derive their proper increase and strength.1
As long as I myself produce all that I require to meet my needs, I have little or nothing to do with this financial system of the country, but as there is not a single one among us, of whatever rank and condition he may be, who can subsist in this way on his own, it becomes indispensable for each one of us to obtain from others what he needs in exchange for such things that he can more easily do without.
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