New quote thread

[rgraham666]

The quote thread that fem started so long ago seems to have vanished. So I'm starting a new one.

The wise and virtuous man is at all times willing that his own private interest should be sacrificed to the public interest of his own particular order or society. He is at all times willing, too, that the interest of this order or society should be sacrificed to the greater interest of the state or sovereignty, of which it is only a subordinate part. He should, therefore, be equally willing that all those inferior interests should be sacrificed to the greater interest of the universe, to the interest of that great society of all sensible and intelligent beings, of which God himself is the immediate administrator and director. - Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Yes, that Adam Smith.

 

[keeblercrumb]

Amsterdam Dreams

The quote thread that fem started so long ago seems to have vanished. So I'm starting a new one.



Yes, that Adam Smith.

It must have just been a phase he was going through....

Interesting quote, Thanks!

How about another surprising quote:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower.

As the years go by, I find that "I like Ike" more and more.

-KC

 

[rgraham666]

As the years go by, I find that "I like Ike" more and more.

-KC

So do I. A damned sensible and level headed man.