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As 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

A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country.
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Citizenship Country Necessary Property Trade
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.
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Conversation End Happiness Leaving People Price Togetherness Trade
Men, like animals, naturally multiply in proportion to the means of their subsistence.
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Animal Born Man Natural Science
The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects.
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Direction Education Greatness Object Secret
Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State.
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People Possible Tax Treasure
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.
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Expectation Food Interest Job Ourselves Regard
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.
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Animal Man Race
The violence and injustice of the rulers of mankind is an ancient evil, for which, I am afraid, the nature of human affairs can scarce admit a remedy.
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Afraid Cure Evil Human Injustice Kind Man Nature Rule Violence
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.
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Age Believe End Experience Freedom Man Nation Performance Slave
It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.
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Active Country Greatness Production
The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.
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Cost Man Price Reality Trouble
In a militia, the character of the laborer, artificer, or tradesman, predominates over that of the soldier: in a standing army, that of the soldier predominates over every other character.
ADAM SMITH

Army Character Military Soldier Stand Trade
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.
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Consumption End Production Purpose
All money is a matter of belief.
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Belief Money One Liner
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Belief Enthusiasm Medicine Poison Science Superstition
Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.
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Ambition Goodness Service

As 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.

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As 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.

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