Adam Smith

"The chief security against a tyranny is the freedom of the press."

"Man naturally loves to work, to be employed and occupied in something useful."

"The nature of commerce is productive of some of the greatest benefits and some of the greatest evils to society."

"The security of the people does not depend upon the strength of the state."

"Every man naturally desires his own preservation, and the preservation of his species."

"The real satisfaction is in the work, and the reward that comes from knowing you have done well."

"Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely; or to be the natural and proper object of love."

"The opportunities which fortune presents, we are often too blind to discern and too weak to embrace."

"Happiness never relies so much upon our condition as upon our disposition."

"The great secret of education is to direct vanity to proper objects."

"Wonder and surprise are the effects of novelty upon ignorant minds."

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, is the source of the corruption of our moral sentiments."

"Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life."

"The sense of justice, therefore, is not founded upon nature, but upon habit and experience."

"The most intrepid valour may be the effect of a mind that is insensible to fear."

"Commerce and manufactures can seldom flourish long in any state which does not enjoy a certain degree of freedom."

"The human heart by nature desires the esteem and approbation of those around it."

"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."

"The chief part of human happiness arises from the consciousness of being loved."

"Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for defence, and for defence only."

"The Theory of Moral Sentiments is built upon sympathy and the ability to understand another's position."

"As soon as any man comes to act in this manner, his conduct becomes the object of the approbation or disapprobation of the impartial spectator."

"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."

"The great mercantile republic requires wisdom, not merely in statecraft, but in the hearts of its citizens."

"If we do not allow freedom of thought in matters indifferent, we shall soon lose it in matters of importance."

"The path to success is rarely straight; it winds through valleys of doubt and over mountains of perseverance."

"A man must always be ready to give a reason for the faith that is in him."

"The real price of everything does not consist in the labour that is paid for it immediately, but in what must be given to obtain it."

"Those virtues which are founded upon the consciousness of our own weakness and imperfection are necessarily humble."

"The capacity to sympathize with another human being is the cornerstone of moral development."