„Не даем мы тебе, о Адам, ни определенного места, ни собственного образа, ни особой обязанности, чтобы и место, и лицо и обязанность ты имел по собственному желанию, согласно твоей воле и твоему решению“

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Источник: Opus Dei. Археология службы

«Максимы и моральные размышления»

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Из «Исследования о природе и причинах богатства народов», 1776 год
According to the system of natural liberty, the sovereign has only three duties to attend to; three duties of great importance, indeed, but plain and intelligible to common understandings: first, the duty of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies; secondly, the duty of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice; and, thirdly, the duty of erecting and maintaining certain public works and certain public institutions, which it can never be for the interest of any individual, or small number of individuals, to erect and maintain; because the profit could never repay the expence to any individual, or small number of individuals, though it may frequently do much more than repay it to a great society.