Where there is a great deal of 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.
Wealth of Nations, capitalism
Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms, Part I, Section II
1762-1763
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