Sunday, June 27, 2021

13 Adam Smith Quotes on Government Greed and the Marvels of the Market

Very recommendable! It is a petty that the wise words of the Scottish Adam Smith are so unknown to most people!

What a momentous coincidence in history: The Wealth of Nations was published in the same year as the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776.

“No human wisdom or knowledge could ever be sufficient [for] the duty of superintending the industry of private people … towards the employment most suitable to the interest of the society.”

“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.”

13 Adam Smith Quotes on Government Greed and the Marvels of the Market - Foundation for Economic Education

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