A film studio that chases profit shows how money can drive a business. Other quotes point out that markets let people chase private needs and that profit often decides if art is worth making. Some say wise people profit by avoiding fools’ mistakes, while others warn that profit can silence creativity.
![“Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see the profits of our trade snatched from us, to enrich our enemies and persecutors. That unequalled spirit of enterprise . . . an inexhaustible mine of national wealth, would…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/308/alexander-hamilton-619_admiration_passive-commerce-should-thus-compel-us-t_952757.jpg)
