"Justice, however, is the main pillar that upholds the whole edifice. If it is removed, the great, the immense fabric of human society, that fabric which to raise and support seems in this world, if I …"

"The property of a master in the service of his servants is not a thing that is found in any of the fundamental laws of nature."

"The quantity of every commodity brought to market naturally adjusts itself to the effectual demand."

"The annual produce of the land and labour of the society, the real revenue of all its inhabitants."

"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought abou…"