Laissez Faire, Laissez Passer
.Lord John Russell said: “Colbert, with the intention of fostering the manufactures of France, established regulations limiting the webs woven in looms to a particular size. He also prohibited the introduction of foreign manufactures. Then the French vine-growers, finding they could no longer get rid of their wine, began to grumble. When Colbert asked a merchant what relief he could give, he received for answer, ‘Laissez faire, laissez passer;ʹ that is to say, Donʹt interfere with our mode of manufactures, and donʹt stop the introduction of foreign imports.”
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The laissez-faire system. The let-alone system.
