 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...  Documents - Page 31871Full view - About this book
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...propositions. Mr. Smith, for example, after stating the maxim, adds the following explanation : — " That is, the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...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... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1857 - 510 pages
...following may be taken as the four primary rules, or maxims, with regard to taxes in general : — 1. The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...Government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the property which they respectively enjoy, and the protection of the State. 2. The tax which each... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1857 - 610 pages
...cannot be better commenced than by quoting them.* "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to 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 state.... | |
 | 1858 - 884 pages
...the poor, whilst much of the property of the country is altogether untouched. Adam Smith has said, " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the... | |
 | John Cazenove - 1859 - 170 pages
...Smith on the subject of taxation. "The subjects of every state," he says, "ought to " contribute to the support of the government, as nearly " as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; " that is, in proportion to the revenue which they re" spectively enjoy under the protection of the... | |
 | 1876 - 844 pages
...which are at once comprehensive and just, and " may be said to have become classical :" * " First. — The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State,... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1860 - 72 pages
...regard to taxes in general, which are drawn up with singular judgment and comprehension. Fint maxim. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1860 - 282 pages
...established in civil society than that which imposes on all the subjects of a State the duty to contribute to the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenues which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861 - 698 pages
...his paper lays down this principle, upon which he bases his case, and which he draws from Adam Smith, that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearlv aa possible in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue... | |
 | Leone Levi - 1862 - 524 pages
...the proper subject of taxation, viz., the net income available for expenditure. Adam Smith's axiom, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State,"... | |
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