Adam Smith
Quotations
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“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.” -Adam Smith
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“Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.” -Adam Smith
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“Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.” -Adam Smith
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“Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.” -Adam Smith
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“Labor was the first price, the original purchase – money that was paid for all things.” -Adam Smith
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“As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.” -Adam Smith
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“This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.” -Adam Smith
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“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” -Adam Smith
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“What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” -Adam Smith
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“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.” -Adam Smith
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“The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.” -Adam Smith
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“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.” -Adam Smith
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