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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

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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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Peace
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Adam Smith
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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

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Business
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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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Money
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Is it my imagination, or does shipping and handling settle a box of crackers more than it used to? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Our modern society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. – Swami Nirmalananda, Enlightened Anarchism

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Society

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. – Charles de Secondat

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Society

But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are entitled to security. – Arlen Specter

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Society

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