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Quote by Adam Smith
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far g

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – 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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Adam Smith
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People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. – Adam Smith

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Unions
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Adam Smith
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A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. – Robert Frost

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Society cannot continue to disable themselves through their need to categorize people or make assumptions as to another individuals abilities. – Evelyn Glennie

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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where were always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of whats actually in front of us. – Shailene Woodley

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. – Washington Irving

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My mom was always the support. I can always go out to her and shell always find the positive in things. – Caroline Wozniacki

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment. – Carl Sandburg

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