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Adam Smith

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist

1723–1790

27 quotes, most often on Economics, Government and Work.

A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country.
The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book III, Chapter IV, p. 456.In context
- Business
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.
The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter X, Part II, p. 152.In context
- Business
- Economics
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter IIIn context
- Business
- Economics
We rarely hear, it has been said, of the combinations of masters, though frequently of those of workmen. But whoever imagines, upon this account, that masters rarely combine, is as ignorant of the world as of the subject.
The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter VIIIIn context
- Business
- Work
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight, appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chapter VII (4 of 5)In context
- Business
- Government

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