Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Quotes

"By pursuing his own interest [every individual] frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."
-- Adam Smith
(1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economist

 "The state remains, as it was in the beginning,
the common enemy of all well-disposed,
industrious and decent men."
-- H. L. Mencken
(1880-1956) American Journalist, Editor, Essayist, Linguist, Lexicographer, and Critic

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