Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. A
  4. Adam Smith
  5. I have never known much good done by those who affected to...

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Adam Smith
Government, Invisible Hand, Economic Order
1776 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bk.4, ch.3.
I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.