Adam Smith quotes

“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”

“Every man, as long as he does not violate the laws of justice, is left perfectly free to pursue his own interest his own way, and to bring both his industry and capital into competition with those of any other man, or order of men.”

“Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.”

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”