02c. 1748 ADLabor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.Adam Smith / quote ↗
03c. 1748 ADLittle 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 / quote ↗
04c. 1748 ADAs soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.Adam Smith / quote ↗
05c. 1748 ADNo society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.Adam Smith / quote ↗
