In Adam Smith's earlier work, "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," which I think is just as important, he made the observation that the value of any government is judged in proportion to the extent that it makes its people happy.
In Adam Smiths früherem Werk, "Theorie der ethnischen Gefühle", was ich für genauso wichtig halte, beobachtete er, dass der Wert jeder Regierung daran gemessen wird, in welchem Ausmaß sie ihre Menschen glücklich macht.