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Adam Smith

The man who barely abstains from violating either the person, or the estate, or the reputation of his neighbours, has surely very little positive merit. He fulfils, however, all the rules of what is peculiarly called justice, and does every thing which his equals can with propriety force him to do, or which they can punish him for not doing. We may often fulfil all the rules of justice by sitting still and doing nothing.

Equals, Justice, Man, Men, Sitting Still, Thing
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It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or, if he is subject to some authority which will not suffer him to do this, to perform it in as careless and slovenly a manner as that authority will permit.

Doe, Men, Neglect, Perform, Same, Suffering

Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods.

Besides, Economics, Purchasing, Purpose, Purposes, Serve

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

Competition, Conspiracy, Invisible Hand, People, Public, Seldom

Corn is a necessary, silver is only a superfluity.

Corn, Necessary, Silver, Superfluity

The robot is going to lose. Not by much. But when the final score is tallied, flesh and blood is going to beat the damn monster.

Beat, Blood, Lose, Monsters, Robot, Technology
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