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In ease of body, peace of mind...

In ease of body, peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level and the beggar who suns himself by the side of the highway, possesses that security which kings are fighting for.

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Consumption is the sole end an...

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production.

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In every part of the universe ...

In every part of the universe we observe means adjusted with the nicest artifice to the ends which they are intended to produce; and in the mechanism of a plant, or animal body, admire how every thing is contrived for advancing the two great purposes of nature, the support of the individual, and the propagation of the species.

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This great increase of the qua...

This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.

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Nobody ever saw a dog make a f...

Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog.

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Ask any rich man of common pru...

Ask any rich man of common prudence to which of the two sorts of people he has lent the greater part of his stock, to those who, he thinks, will employ it profitably, or to those who will spend it idly, and he will laugh at you for proposing the question.

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Whatever work he does, beyond ...

Whatever work he does, beyond what is sufficient to purchase his own maintenance, can be squeezed out of him by violence only, and not by any interest of his own.

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All jobs are created in direct...

All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

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Every man lives by exchanging....

Every man lives by exchanging.

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The learned ignore the evidenc...

The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.

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Wherever there is great proper...

Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.

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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty...

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

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People of the same trade seldo...

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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Are you in earnest resolved ne...

Are you in earnest resolved never to barter your liberty for the lordly servitude of a court, but to live free, fearless, and independent? There seems to be one way to continue in that virtuous resolution; and perhaps but one. Never enter the place from whence so few have been able to return; never come within the circle of ambition; nor ever bring yourself into comparison with those masters of the earth who have already engrossed the attention of half mankind before you.

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In regards to the price of com...

In regards to the price of commodities, the rise of wages operates as simple interest does, the rise of profit operates like compound interest. Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only of those of other people.

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Problems worthy of attacks, pr...

Problems worthy of attacks, prove their worth by hitting back

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A merchant, it has been said v...

A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country.

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An English university is a san...

An English university is a sanctuary in which exploded systems and obsolete prejudices find shelter and protection after they have been . hunted out of every corner of the world.

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Global poverty is one of the m...

Global poverty is one of the most pressing moral challenges we face today. Yet, it's more than just a moral problem that billions of people around the world are struggling to survive. It is also in our national security interests that we reduce global poverty. Populations that struggle in extreme poverty are more likely to become mired in destabilizing conflicts, or worse, become havens or recruiting grounds for terrorist organizations. This is an issue that we cannot afford to neglect.

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Individual Ambition Serves the...

Individual Ambition Serves the Common Good.

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