"No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable."
— Adam Smith
No Society Can Surely Be Flourishing
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.
About this quote
From The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I, Chapter 8, in Smith's analysis of the wages of labor. Smith argued that a national economy cannot be considered truly prosperous if the majority of its population cannot afford a decent standard of living. The passage was later cited by social reformers and labor advocates as a foundational argument for workers' rights.
Source
The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 8 (1776)
