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" When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain to ameliorate the wrong; but like Solon, when he cannot establish the best system of laws, he will endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear. "
Political Economy: Its Objects, Uses, and Principles: Considered with ... - Page 29
by Alonzo Potter - 1840 - 318 pages
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Lives of Eminent Persons

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...to establish the best that the people can bear*." Finely as ne has tempered in his writings the rigour, if we may so speak, of his speculative doctrines...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1835 - 486 pages
...inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear." These cautions with respect to the practical application of general principles were peculiarly necessary...
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The theory of moral sentiments, or, An essay towards an analysis of the ...

Adam Smith - Ethics - 1853 - 616 pages
...inconveniences which may flow Jrom the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear. These cautions with respect to the practical application of general principles were peculiarly necessary...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart, Volume 10

Dugald Stewart - 1858 - 548 pages
...inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are adverse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...when he cannot establish the best system of laws, lie will endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear."f These cautions with respect to...
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The Guardian, Volumes 8-9

Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...consequence of impairing the general respect for the laws, which is their best security. On the contrary, if he cannot establish the right he will not disdain...cannot establish the best system of laws, he will endeavor to establish the best that the people can bear. The sentiment of reverence for law, should...
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Essays On, I. Moral Sentiments: II. Astronomical Inquiries; III. Formation ...

Adam Smith - English essays - 1869 - 498 pages
...inconveniencies which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...cannot establish the best system of laws, he will try to establish the best that the people can bear. The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be...
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful ...

Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...which may flow from the want ' of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to. When he ' cannot establish the right, he will not disdain...' to establish the best that the people can bear.' These cautions with respect to the practical application of general principles were peculiarly necessary...
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Adam Smith (1723-1790)

James Anson Farrer - 1881 - 250 pages
...inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are adverse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain' to ameliorate the wrong; but, like Solon, where he cannot establish the best system of laws, he will endeavour to establish the best that the...
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Adam Smith (1723-1790)

James Anson Farrer - 1881 - 228 pages
...inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are adverse to submit to. When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain to ameliorate the wrong; but, like Solon, where he cannot establish the best system of laws, he will endeavour to establish the best that the...
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Life of Adam Smith

John Rae - Business & Economics - 1895 - 484 pages
...statesman in pressing his ideal must always practise considerable accommodation. If he cannot carry the right he will not disdain to ameliorate the wrong,...endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear." 2 Turgot made too little account, he thought, of the resisting power 1 Clayden's Early Life of Samuel...
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