Adam smith
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations.
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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...
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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?
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Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
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All money is a matter of belief.
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Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
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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.
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Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.
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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.
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I’ve been asked to say a few words about the global shift in power in politics. That's a hotly debated topic these days. There’s a great deal of speculation about whether or when China will...
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