Adam Smith Quotes

When you have stability, you have at least an opportunity to enjoy prosperity because investment flows. Business tends to follow the flag. When they find a secure environment, they will invest.

Economic development is a great pacifying force.

Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches

There can be no prosperity without law and order.

Our government is focused on creating jobs, growth and long-term prosperity and on creating the right conditions for Canadian businesses.

For many years, it seemed as if nothing changed in Norway. You could leave the country for three months, travel the world, through coups d'etat, assassinations, famines, massacres and tsunamis, and come home to find that the only new thing in the newspapers was the crossword puzzle.

Investment in education and economic prosperity is the best way to cure fanaticism and for establishing a just peace in the Middle East.

I just hope that the democratic will of the Zimbabwean people prevails. If it does we must move quickly to help restore stability and prosperity.

We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

In peace, the Middle East, the ancient cradle of civilization, will become invigorated and transformed. Throughout its lands there will be freedom of movement of people, of ideas, of goods.

The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.

It is impossible for us to proceed with reform and expand the economy amid social upheaval. Order leads to prosperity and chaos to decline.

The major challenge facing us is to elevate our national life to the highest level of civilization and prosperity.

The precondition of all happiness…and particularly of economic and commercial development is tranquility, security and order beyond the reach of any violation.

We perceive political stability to be the first necessity of economic development.

The stronger we make our country the more she will give back

Overall, for 99 years, the planet grew more peaceful and prosperous under Britain’s eye.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

The most important thing for Singapore is stability.

People of Pakistan want only development, prosperity, and peace.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind; it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most easily paid, and that the revenue is most productive.

From the accession of Henry the Seventh to the breaking out of the civil wars, England enjoyed much greater exemption from war, foreign and domestic, than for a long period before, and during the controversy between the houses of York and Lancaster. These years of peace were favorable to commerce and the arts. Commerce and the arts augmented general and individual knowledge; and knowledge is the only fountain, both of the love and the principles of human liberty.