Adam Smith quotes on purpose

To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers.

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Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.

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Lands for the purposes of pleasure and magnificence, parks, gardens, public walks

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