//www.quotedb.com/add_quotes2your_site Random Quote from en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 -0800 //www.quotedb.com/images/quotedb_cut.gif //www.quotedb.com 292 59 logo "The uniform, constant and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived, is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite both of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration. Like the unknown principle of animal life, it frequently restores health and vigour to the constitution, in spite, not only of the disease, but of the absurd prescriptions of the doctor." //www.quotedb.com/authors/adam-smith