But when the division of labour has once been thoroughly introduced, the produce of a man’s own labour can supply but a very small part of his occasional wants.

Money, therefore, is the only part of the circulating capital of a society, of which the maintenance can occasion any diminution in their neat revenue.

There is one sort of labour which adds to the value of the subject upon which it is bestowed; there is another which has no such effect.

The stock which is lent at interest is always considered as a capital by the lender.

The great commerce of every civilized society is that carried on between the inhabitants of the town and those of the country.

This original engrossing of uncultivated lands, though a great, might have been but a transitory evil.

It is a mistake to imagine that those territorial jurisdictions took their origin from the feudal law.

Others admit, that if a nation could be separated from all the world, it would be of no consequence how much or how little money circulated in it.

Of the Unreasonableness of those Restraints, even upon the Principles of the Commercial System.

Merchants and manufacturers are not contented with the monopoly of the home market, but desire likewise the most extensive foreign sale for their goods.

Bounties upon exportation are, in Great Britain, frequently petitioned for, and sometimes granted, to the produce of particular branches of domestic industry.

It is but a very small part of this importation which, it can be supposed, is employed as an annual addition, either to the plate or to the coin of the kingdom.

All the other enterprizes of the Spaniards in the New World, subsequent to those of Columbus, seem to have been prompted by the same motive.

The progress of many of the ancient Greek colonies towards wealth and greatness seems accordingly to have been very rapid.

Though the encouragement of exportation, and the discouragement of importation.

The first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies

Over and above the expenses necessary for enabling the sovereign to perform his several duties, a certain expense is requisite for the support of his dignity.

Small republics have sometimes derived a considerable revenue from the profit of mercantile projects.

Civil government supposes a certain subordination.

A part of their wool and raw hides, they had generally an opportunity of selling for money.