
— Adam Smith, buch Der Wohlstand der Nationen
Untersuchungen über das Wesen und die Ursachen des Nationalreichthums. Deutsch von Max Stirner. Erster Band. Leipzig 1846. S. 26 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=iidFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA26
Original engl.: "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." - The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book I Chapter 2: Of the Principle which gives Occasion to the Division of Labour. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_I/Chapter_2
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776)