Quote by Adam Smith
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

Other quotes by Adam Smith

The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. – Adam Smith

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finance
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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. – Adam Smith

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Fear
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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. – Adam Smith

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Society
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Peace
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Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace. – John Boyd Orr

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Arafat was a barrier to peace. – Charles Schumer

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Peace

I wont undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. – Francois Rabelais

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Peace

Im at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live. – Sean Hannity

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Peace

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Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word. – Patrick J. Kennedy

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