Adam Smith — "The desire of riches, and the contempt of poverty, are the great and most univer…"

"The value of a commodity, or the quantity of any other commodity for which it will exchange, depends on the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command."

"The second duty of the sovereign, that of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact…"

"Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."

"The rich, by consuming the produce of the labour of the poor, in fact, employ them, and give them a maintenance."

"The first duty of the sovereign, therefore, is that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies."