 The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man...  History of Economic Thought.. - Page 179by Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jean Baptiste Say - Economics - 1827 - 522 pages
...patrimony of a poor man," says the author of the Wealth of Nations, "lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of his most sacred property." However, as society is possessed of a... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 232 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property." The right of property, in general, has... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - Economics - 1832 - 530 pages
...Wealth of Nations, " lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands : and to hinder him from cmploying this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of hi* most sacred property." However, as society is possessed of a... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - Business & Economics - 1835 - 334 pages
...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing that strength and dexterity, in that manner which he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor,...plain violation of this most sacred property. The interposition of the lawgiver is impertinent and oppressive," 2. Labor becomes more efficient in the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1844 - 810 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of "this most saered property. It is a manifest eneroachment upon the... | |
 | Calvin Colton - Economics - 1848 - 556 pages
...of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing his strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper,...is a plain violation of this most sacred property." Smith is here arguing against the oppressive monopolies of town corporations in England, under the... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Labor - 1851 - 168 pages
...inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands : and to binder him from employing this strength and dexterity in...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his. neighbours, is a plain violation of the most sacred property." I But it is false ; to affirm that workmen... | |
 | Erasmus Peshine Smith - Economics - 1853 - 282 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in whatever way he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Labor - 1854 - 138 pages
...The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him fron employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of the most sacred property." But it is false to affirm that workmen... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Wages - 1854 - 134 pages
...The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him fron employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of the most sacred property." But it is false to affirm that workmen... | |
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