- Fifteen Principles Which Make For Good And Proper Government
- The Power Of True Liberty From Improper Governmental Interference
- What Is Wrong With A “Little” Socialism?
- An Example Of The Consequences Of Disregarding These Principles
- A Formula For Prosperity
- The Basic Error Of Marxism
- The Real Cause Of American Prosperity
- Government Cannot Create Wealth
- The Nature Of Legal Plunder
- Summary Thus Far
Nearly two hundred years ago, Adam Smith, the Englishman, who understood these principles very well, published his great book, THE WEALTH OF NATIONS, which contains this statement:
“The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition, when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security, is so powerful a principle, that it is alone, and without any assistance, not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity, but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations; though the effect of these obstructions is always more or less either to encroach upon its freedom, or to diminish its security.” (Vol. 2, Book 4, Chapt. 5, p. 126)