Quote from Adam Smith 

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer,
or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their
regard to their own interest."

Quote by:
Adam Smith
(1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economist
Date:
1776
Source:
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations par. I.2.2
 
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