It Is The Highest Impertinence And Presumption, Therefore, In Kings And Ministers To Pretend To Watch Over The Economy Of Private People, And To Restrain Their Expense. They Are Themselves, Always, And Without Any Exception, The Greatest Spendthrifts In The Society.

-Adam Smith

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It Is The Highest Impertinence And Presumption,

Adam Smith

It Is The Highest Impertinence And Presumption, Therefore, In Kings And Ministers To Pretend To Watch Over The Economy Of Private People, And To Restrain Their Expense. They Are Themselves, Always, And Without Any Exception, The Greatest Spendthrifts In The Society.

Topic

Kings

Invisible Hand

People

A Gardener Who Cultivates His Own Garden With His Own Hands, Unites In His Own Person The Three Different Characters, Of Landlord, Farmer, And Labourer. His Produce, Therefore, Should Pay Him The Rent Of The First, The Profit Of The Second, And The Wages Of The Third.

Character

Garden

Hands