 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1861 - 698 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Tennant - England - 1862 - 746 pages
...carry out such a system of taxation, it would be most injurious to the State. Adam Smith has said : — "The Subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...they 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... | |
 | Leone Levi - Legislation - 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...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State," may be taken as .a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 894 pages
...down the maxims of taxation, as follows: "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...they 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... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 874 pages
...maxims of taxation, as follows: "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the «upport of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion...they 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... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1862 - 878 pages
...down the maxims of taxation, as follows: "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, iu proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The... | |
 | Joseph Garnier - Finance - 1862 - 512 pages
...to contributive towards the support of the governnient, asnearly as possible, in proportion to their abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of theSlate. Tome III, p. 255 de la 3° éd. 1789, Londres; 5 v. in-8°. Abilily veut dire ici faculté,... | |
 | Joseph Garnier - Finance - 1862 - 490 pages
...plus vague. — Facultés et Fortune, synonymes. . The subjects of every State ought lo contributive towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their abililies; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection... | |
 | Charles Senior - Income tax - 1863 - 550 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...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State" may be taken as a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Debts, Public - 1863 - 548 pages
...Adam Smith with regard to taxation, which have been much and justly referred to. First Maxim. — " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...they 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... | |
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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... 
