The Game Women Play Is Men.

The Subjects Of Every State Ought To Contribute Toward The Support Of The Government, As Nearly As Possible, In Proportion To Their Respective Abilities; That Is, In Proportion To The Revenue Which They Respectively Enjoy Under The Protection Of The State ....as Henry Home (lord Kames) Has Written, A Goal Of Taxation Should Be To 'remedy Inequality Of Riches As Much As Possible, By Relieving The Poor And Burdening The Rich.'

It Is Not For Its Own Sake That Men Desire Money, But For The Sake Of What They Can Purchase With It.

In A Militia, The Character Of The Laborer, Artificer, Or Tradesman, Predominates Over That Of The Soldier: In A Standing Army, That Of The Soldier Predominates Over Every Other Character.

Every Individual Necessarily Labors To Render The Annual Revenue Of Society As Great As He Can. He Generally Neither Intends To Promote The Public Interest, Nor Knows How Much He Is Promoting It. He Intends Only His Own Gain, And He Is, In This, As In Many Other Cases, Led By An Invisible Hand To Promote An End Which Was Not Part Of His Intention.

To Expect, Indeed, That The Freedom Of Trade Should Ever Be Entirely Restored In Great Britain, Is As Absurd As To Expect That An Oceana Or Utopia Should Never Be Established In It.