 | Robert Peel - Great Britain - 1853 - 874 pages
...every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, according to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. Secondly, the tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary. Thirdly,... | |
 | George Bowyer - Jurisprudence - 1854 - 424 pages
...Public Law regarding a public revenue. They are in accordance with the doctrine of Adam Smith, that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute to...abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy respectively under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 514 pages
...taxation as laid down by Adam Smith : — " 1 — The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. "2. — The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time... | |
 | Statistical and social inquiry society of Ireland - 1856 - 428 pages
...taxation as laid down by Adam Smith : — " 1.— The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. "2. — The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 512 pages
...subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the Government, as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."* Mr. Young, on the other hand, in commenting on the very same maxim, remarks, that " by ability must... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the Government, as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."* Mr. Young, on the other hand, in commenting on the very same maxim, remarks, that " by ability must... | |
 | John Cazenove - 1859 - 170 pages
...was the first maxim of Adam Smith on the subject of taxation. "The subjects of every state," he says, "ought to " contribute to the support of the government,..." that is, in proportion to the revenue which they re" spectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The " expense of government to the individuals... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1860 - 72 pages
...singular judgment and comprehension. Fint maxim. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management to... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1861 - 698 pages
...the subjects of every ' Siate ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly us possible in ' proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which ihcy ' respectively enjoy under the protection of the State.' This pi inciple lays down with regard... | |
 | Charles Tennant - England - 1862 - 746 pages
...injurious to the State. Adam Smith has said : — "The Subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." It probably did not occur to Adam Smith when he wrote these words, that of the revenue which one man... | |
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The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the... 
