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According to Adam Smith, government has only three primary functions or purposes. The first is national security, or protection against foreign invaders. The second is a system of justice, protecting citizens from wrongs committed against them by other citizens. The third purpose is to provide public works and infrastructure which the private sector could not profitably or practically build or maintain.

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