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Adam Smith quotes

Scottish Economist June 5, 1723 – July 17, 1790

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Adam Smith quote: "Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality."
Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality. Adam Smith
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
Adam Smith quote: "Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man."
Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses..."
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. Adam Smith
Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through..."
On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity. Adam Smith
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. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent."
Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations."
The real tragedy of the poor is the poverty of their aspirations. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled..."
This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. Adam Smith
The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer. Adam Smith
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. Adam Smith
It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "Every man lives by exchanging."
Every man lives by exchanging. Adam Smith
Adam Smith quote: "...a man within the breast..."
...a man within the breast... Adam Smith

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