Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith– 17 July 1790) was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth5 June 1723
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Any and all copyright holders ... can tell us which books they'd prefer that we not scan if we find them in a library.
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The mind is so rarely disturbed, but that the company of friend will restore it to some degree of tranquility and sedateness.
cost deficit national pay
You could pay down the national deficit with the cost of tickets.
labor original paid quotes
Labor was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things.
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The contentious matter of whether or not to begin drilling in Alaska has no place in a bill that funds the Department of Defense. The needs of our troops serving in combat should never be subject to such cynical politics.
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We know that not everyone agrees, and we want to do our best to respect their views, too.
best game
That was probably our best game of the year.
artist principles machines
The machines that are first invented to perform any particular movement are always the most complex, and succeeding artists generally discover that, with fewer wheels, with fewer principles of motion, than had originally been employed, the same effects may be more easily produced. The first systems, in the same manner, are always the most complex.
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That this is the source of our fellow-feeling for the misery of others, that it is by changing places in fancy with the sufferer, that we come either to conceive or to be affected by what he feels, may be demonstrated by many obvious observations, if it should not be thought sufficiently evident of itself. When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm; and when it does fall, we feel it in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.
fear excess regulation
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
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I've got to make the best of what I've got. I think we will be a stellar team. We've got a lot of young talent, but once they get the butterflies out, they will be OK. We're really looking forward to it.