Who said this? ". . . the sovereign has only three duties to attend to. . . . first, the duty of protecting the society from violence and invasion . . .; secondly, the duty of protecting . . . every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it all; and thirdly, the duty of erecting and maintaining certain public works and public institutions, which it can never be for the interest of any individual . . . to erect and maintain. . . "

A. Adam Smith
B. John Stuart Mill
C. Sir William Petty
D. Franklin Roosevelt


A. Adam Smith

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