Quote by Adam Smith
"The security of the public, the prosperity of the commonwealth, and the maintenance of social order are the ends which government ought to pursue."
More from Adam Smith
"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 real price of everything... is the toil and trouble of acquiring it."
"Happiness never results from what we get, but from what we give."
"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men."