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The Wealth of Nations Quotes

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.

Source:(The Modern Library, ed. 1937), Book V, Chapter I, Part II, Page 674
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Adam Smith (The Wealth of Nations Book Quotes)
  • Book: The Wealth of Nations
  • Writer: Adam Smith
  • Genre: Philosophy, Economics
  • Published: 1776
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