But what must be the character of that policy, which aims at national prosperity through the impoverishment of a large proportion of the home produce….

What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?.

The love of domination never attains more than a factitious elevation, that is sure to make enemies of all its neighbours..

The day will come, sooner or later, when people will wonder at the necessity of taking all this trouble to expose the folly of a system, so childish ….

A nation or an individual, will do wisely to direct consumption chiefly to those articles, that are longest time in wearing out, and the most frequen….

The haggardness of poverty is everywhere seen contrasted with the sleekness of wealth, the exhorted labour of some compensating for the idleness of o….

A science only advances with certainty, when the plan of inquiry and the object of our researches have been clearly defined; otherwise a small number….

The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever pr….

Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?.

Supply creates its own demand..

What would people think of a tradesman, that was to give a ball in his shop, hire performers, and hand refreshments about, with a view to benefit his….

Wherefore it is impossible to succeed in comparing wealth of different eras or different nations. This, in political economy, like squaring the circl….

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds..

Dominion by land or sea will appear equally destitute of attraction, when it comes to be generally understood, that all its advantages rest with the ….

Capital can seldom be made productive, without undergoing several changes both of form and of place, the risk of which is always more or less alarmin….

It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, ….

The sea and wind can at the same time convey my neighbour's vessel and my own..

When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour..

To the labor of man alone Smith ascribes the power of producing values. This is an error. A more exact analysis demonstrates... that all the values a….

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike..

To a proprietor of a mine, the silver money is a produce with which he buys what he has occasion for. To all those through whose hands this silver af….