Adam Smith Quote

For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects, have by degrees diminished the real quantity of metal, which had been originally contained in their coins.

Chapter IV, p. 34. - The Wealth of Nations (1776) - Book I

For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects,...

For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects,...

For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects,...

For in every country of the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects,...