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Quotation from The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.”
The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. viii (Project Gutenberg #3300 text)
From Smith's argument that rising wages for the labouring poor are an advantage to society.
Citation: "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." — Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, ch. viii (Project Gutenberg #3300 text). (id the-wealth-of-nations-q4)
Portrait: Wealth of Nations, Gerhard Streminger, Public domain.
