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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of

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. – 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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Nature
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Adam Smith
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Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labor, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased. – Adam Smith

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Labor Day
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Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice. – Arthur Henderson

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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. – Baruch Spinoza

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Peace

The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles

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Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people. – Hillary Clinton

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What we dont need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and some arbitrary judgement of what belongs and what doesnt. – Charley Pride

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Life is very nice, but it lacks form. Its the aim of art to give it some. – Jean Anouilh

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