Sparks Commentary

“The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself ...

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own inter...

"Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government, and with them the liberty and security of individuals, amo...

Liberals love to give scathing denunciations of plantation slavery (denunciations I agree with), as well as declare their support of socia...

"The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment, with which...

" ... every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neit...

"The rebellious war now levied is become more general, and is manifestly carried on for the purpose of establishing an independent em...