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To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a peopl

To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers. – Adam Smith

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To feel much for others and little for ourselves to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. – Adam Smith

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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. – Adam Smith

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Empires built on force will always be destroyed. Those built on trust in Christ will remain. – Joseph R. Sizoo

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A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. – Joseph Chamberlain

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