Adam Smith Quote

"The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security is so powerful a principle that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often incumbers its operations; though the effect of these obstructions is always more or less either to encroach upon its freedom, or to diminish its security. "

By:	Adam Smith (more quotes by Adam Smith or books by/about Adam Smith)
	(1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economist
Date:	1776
Source:	An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations par. IV.5.82
Categories:	Economics, Freedom, Individualist, Law, Prosperity, Security, Self-Determination, Society, Wealth
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