Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

—  Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.

—  Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations