Beggary and bankruptcy are not the circumstances which invite to an intercourse with that or with any country; and I believe it will be found invariably true, that the superfluities of a rich nation furnish a better object of trade than the necessities of a poor one.
Burke argues that prosperous nations are more appealing for trade than impoverished ones, highlighting the dynamics of commerce.
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