I Have No Faith In Political Arithmetic.

Though The Profusion Of Government Must Undoubtedly Have Retarded The Natural Progress Of England To Wealth And Improvement, It Has Not Been Able To Stop It.

It Appears, Accordingly, From The Experience Of All Ages And Nations, I Believe, That The Work Done By Freemen Comes Cheaper In The End Than That Performed By Slaves.

In General, If Any Branch Of Trade, Or Any Division Of Labour, Be Advantageous To The Public, The Freer And More General The Competition, It Will Always Be The More So.

The Rate Of Profit... Is Naturally Low In Rich And High In Poor Countries, And It Is Always Highest In The Countries Which Are Going Fastest To Ruin.

The Man Who Barely Abstains From Violating Either The Person, Or The Estate, Or The Reputation Of His Neighbours, Has Surely Very Little Positive Merit. He Fulfils, However, All The Rules Of What Is Peculiarly Called Justice, And Does Every Thing Which His Equals Can With Propriety Force Him To Do, Or Which They Can Punish Him For Not Doing. We May Often Fulfil All The Rules Of Justice By Sitting Still And Doing Nothing.