"[Politicians and bureaucrats who feel they need to have more power, and thereby curtail the power of individuals, to implement their plans over individuals for the common good should remember...] By pursuing his own interest [every individual] frequently promotes that of the society more effectually [just like any other self-organising 'organism'] than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."

Author: Adam Smith

Notes: (1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economist. Source: 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations' (1776), Book IV, Chap. 2 (New York: Random House, 1937, p. 423)