The Free Market Monument Foundation

"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from 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. Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow citizens."

-- Adam Smith (1723 - 1790) Scottish philosopher

The Golden Rule

"One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self. "
-- Brihaspati, Mahabharata (Anusasana Parva, Section CXIII, Verse 8) [Hindu Teaching ~3200 BC]

"That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. "
-- Talmud, Shabbat 31a, the "Great Principle"

"Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself. "
-- Confucius ~500 BC Chinese Philospher (Analects XV.24)

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. "
-- Jesus ~30 AD [Luke 6:31]

"Deal honestly with others and require honesty in return."
-- The Principles of the Free Market