Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.
Adam SmithThe annual produce of the land and labour of any nation can be increased in its value by no other means, but by increasing either the number of its productive labourers, or the productive powers of those labourers who had before been employed.
Adam SmithWhat is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Adam SmithMercantile jealousy is excited, and both inflames, and is itself inflamed, by the violence of national animosity.
Adam Smith