Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. The whole, or almost the whole public revenue, is in most countries employed in maintaining unproductive hands.


Wealth of Nations (1776)

Adam Smith Quotes

Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. The whole, or almost the whole...

Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. The whole, or almost the whole...

Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. The whole, or almost the whole...

Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct. The whole, or almost the whole...