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Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.

Adam Smith

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.
ADAM SMITH

Desire Important Man Management Return
Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.
ADAM SMITH

Destruction Greatness Nation Poor Privacy
Ask any rich man of common prudence to which of the two sorts of people he has lent the greater part of his stock, to those who, he thinks, will employ it profitably, or to those who will spend it idly, and he will laugh at you for proposing the question.
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Employment Greatness Laughter Man People Propose Rich Thinking
The man scarce lives who is not more credulous than he ought to be. The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough.
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Believe Enough Experience Live Man Teaching Wisdom
That the chance of gain is naturally over-valued, we may learn from the universal success of lotteries.
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Chance Learning Nature Success Value
To feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.
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Engagement Feeling Human Nature Perfection Selfish
Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency.
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Employment Fear Government Independent Instrument Man Order
It appears, accordingly, from the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, that the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed by slaves.
ADAM SMITH

Age Believe End Experience Freedom Man Nation Performance Slave
In the long-run the workman may be as necessary to his master as his master is to him, but the necessity is not so immediate.
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Himself Man Necessary Work
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
ADAM SMITH

Consumption End Necessary Production Purpose
It is not for its own sake that men desire money, but for the sake of what they can purchase with it.
ADAM SMITH

Desire Man Money Power
Beneficence is always free, it cannot be extorted by force.
ADAM SMITH

Destroy Force Freedom
It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.
ADAM SMITH

Injustice Price Profit Society
With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists in the parade of riches.
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Enjoyment Greatness People Rich
Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.
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Ambition Goodness Service
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

Customer Discipline Employment Exercise Fear Lose Man Mistake Reality Work

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.

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