There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all. The Wealth of Nations (1776)
The government of an exclusive company of merchants is, perhaps, the worst of all governments for any country whatever. The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been able to stop it. The Wealth of Nations (1776)