 To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the...  The Real Business of Living - Page 244by James Hayden Tufts - 1918 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bee culture - 1892 - 710 pages
...would be a good market for all that can be produced, and at fair prices. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. ment on the property of the citizen, and with the other...bestow it upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprise, and to build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 438 pages
...prosperity to other, if there ls no implied limitation of the uses for which the power may be exercised. To lay with one hand the power of the government on...private enterprises and build up private fortunes, la none the less a robbery because It is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This ls... | |
 | Science - 1890 - 980 pages
...case, Justice Miller, on behalf of the court, stated this fundamental principle of law as follows : " To lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of the citizen, and with the other bestow it on favored individuals to aid private undertakings, and to build up private enterprises,... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1873 - 860 pages
...the Supreme Court, similar in principle to the protective tariff, Mr. Justice Miller declared that "To lay with one hand the power of the Government...enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called Taxation." Albert Gallatin declared... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 788 pages
...prosperity to the other, if there is no implied limitation of the uses for which the power may be exercised. To lay with one hand the power of the government on...robbery because it is done under the forms of law, and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. Nor ia it taxation.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 750 pages
...prosperity to the other, if there is no implied limitation of the uses for which the power may be exercised. To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property*of the citizen, and. with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 966 pages
...Moundsviiie. indications, almost innumerable, by the courts of highest authority. As has been well said : " To lay with one hand the power of the government on...robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms." The principle... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 1682 pages
...At page 664, he uses this strong language with respect to taxation in aid of private enterprises : "To lay with one hand the power of the government...robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms." The suit was... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1148 pages
...attempted to be enforced." In Loan Association v. Topeka, 20 Wall. 664, 22 L. Ed. 455, it is declared : "To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizens and with the other to bestow it upon favored Individuals • » * Is none the less robbery... | |
 | Economics - 1881 - 446 pages
...Science." " Of all the powers conferred on the government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse. * * * To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen and with the other bestow it on favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none... | |
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