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Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.
— Adam Smith
Tags: socialism, revolution, politics, philosophy, individualism, hope, history, freedom, democracy, communism

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Labor was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things.
— Adam Smith
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Defense is superior to opulence.
— Adam Smith
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As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
— Adam Smith
Tags: country, never, men, love
Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased.
— Adam Smith
Tags: wealth, gold, world, money
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for a defense, and for a defense only! It is the safeguard of justice and the security of innocence.
— Adam Smith
Tags: security, only, justice, nature
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