Napolean I of France dismissed England as "L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers" - a nation of shopkeeps.
He was not the first to use this phrase. Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations (1776)wrote: "To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. ...."
This was supposedly said by Napoleon in order to describe the UK as unfit for a war with France.
"That government governs best, which governs LEAST", said Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson believed in a small government, almost a minimalist government. Of course, he envisioned a nation of farmers and shopkeepers, not a world power with an international reach.
"That government governs best, which governs LEAST", said Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson believed in a small government, almost a minimalist government. Of course, he envisioned a nation of farmers and shopkeepers, not a world power with an international reach.
"That government governs best, which governs LEAST", said Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson believed in a small government, almost a minimalist government. Of course, he envisioned a nation of farmers and shopkeepers, not a world power with an international reach.
Imperialism is when a nation colonizes another nation or territory. The Europeans believed that imperialism was important because they said that it was their responsibility to civilize those who they believed were inferior to them and because they wanted the other nations' resources.
Sir William Johnson.
Sir William Johnson
When nation's value of imports exceeds the value of its exports, it can be said that the nation has a trade deficit.
John Calvin was a French Portestant who believed what Luther said was right and tried to convince others to become protestants.
Tom DeLay said that a nation without partisanship would be tyranny.
I did. My book, Prozac Nation, was published in 1994
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