Adam Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

“Needless to say, this idea that the origin of prosperity is hard work and frugality was exhaustively formulated by Adam Smith in The Wealth…

— Axel Kaiser

“Smith argued that it was possible for all nations to increase their wealth by adopting policies that promote specialization and the division of labor.”

— Edd S. Noell

Adam Smith saw the greed of modern capitalism for what it was - a form of destructive ambition that may have favorable effects on…

— Allen W. Wood

The gains from specialization go all the way back to Adam Smith. He talked about the advantage of a bigger market being that we…

— Paul Romer

The celebrated Adam Smith was the first to point out the immense increase of production, and the superior perfection of products referable to this…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it while really it is finding its place…

— C. S. Lewis

Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.

— Abraham Lincoln

But Adam Smith was a philosopher as well as well as an economist, famous in his time as much for his Theory of Moral…

— Paul Ormerod

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

— George H. W. Bush

“ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , which Smith published in 1776, is the most important book…

— Jerry Z. Muller

Capitalism has given people both the liberty and the incentive to create, produce, and trade, thereby generating prosperity.

— Johan Norberg

The only way to create prosperity is to do more with less. In economic terms, an increase in productivity is an increase in the…

— Joe Lonsdale