Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “By pursuing his own interest [every individual] frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.” ~ Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economistSource: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), Book IV, Chap. 2 (New York: Random House, 1937, p. 423)