 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1872
...Smith maintains more strongly. " The subjects," he says, " of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."** la nature, qui rie varie point: on la trouve par tous les pays, en Angleterre, en Holland, et dans... | |
 | William B. Dana - Commerce - 1864 - 502 pages
...true by all economists since his day, that "the subjects of every State ought to contiibute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...abilities — that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." The British Government raised from the... | |
 | Jérome Alexandre Sillem - Constitutional history - 1864 - 382 pages
..."onght to contribute to the sup"port of the government as nearly as possible in pro"portion to their abilities, that is, in proportion to the "revenue...respectively enjoy under the pro"tection of the state." Sommigen a verstaan deze woorden in dien zin, dat Smith bij alle ingezetenen gelijkheid van opoffering... | |
 | Claude August Crommelin - Land value taxation - 1865 - 132 pages
...de l'État." Ook de woorden van Ad. Smith: "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 "' wil hij in dien zin expliceren ; zie p. 31. Het schijnt mij toe dat even als ten opzigte van v.... | |
 | Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 554 pages
...concurred in from that day to this, that, as J. Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to...abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 532 pages
...concurred in from that day to this, that, as J. Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Félix Esquirou de Parieu - Taxation - 1866 - 548 pages
...of every state, » a dit le savant économiste, « ought » to contribute lowards the support ofthe government, as nearly » as possible in proportion...abilities ; that is » in proportion to the revenue wich they respectively enjoy » under the protection of the state ' . » Or, la conformité à cette... | |
 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 552 pages
...general maiima, which are as follows : — ' I. " 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." II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time... | |
 | Charles Tennant - Ireland - 1868 - 334 pages
...that proof here. 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 those words, that, of the revenue which... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 548 pages
...general maxims, which are as follows : — I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards 8 u T n R j RV eJv ]Q| II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to bo certain, and not arbitrary. The time... | |
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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... 
