Nation of shopkeepers
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The phrase "a nation of Shopkeepers" ("une nation de boutiquiers") is a disparaging remark supposedly used by Napoleon to describe the United Kingdom as unfit for war against France.
The phrase, however, did not originate with Napoleon. It first appears in The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith.
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