NV Jones

“No society can surely be flourishing and happy of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable. ”
― Adam Smith

“Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.”
― Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

“Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”
― Adam Smith

“Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.”
― Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations