Famous quotes containing the words kings and/or contrivance:
“They know, and will therefore say, that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)