 | University magazine - 1849 - Liczba stron: 836
...acknowledged maxim a* regards taxation, tbat "the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities — tnat is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - Liczba stron: 500
...19, 21, 23. (47) De Re Mil. iii. c. 26, ' 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...proportion to their respective abilities. ' 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. ' 3. Every tax ought to... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1853 - Liczba stron: 750
...property. Now the following was a brief exposition of Adam Smith with regard to taxation. He Raid, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to...possible in proportion to their respective abilities — that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State;... | |
 | 1853 - Liczba stron: 498
...general ir.axims, which are as follow : — I. " 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 state."... | |
 | George Bowyer - 1854 - Liczba stron: 424
...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...possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy respectively under the protection of the State.... | |
 | 1855 - Liczba stron: 514
...first maxim of taxation : — " The subjects of every state ought," he says, " 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." Now, I have explained,... | |
 | Statistical and social inquiry society of Ireland - 1856 - Liczba stron: 428
...by Mr. Hume, which may be stated in the words of Adam Smith : — " How can the subjects of a state contribute to the support of the government as nearly...possible in proportion to their respective abilities ?" The three modes which have been proposed to effect this object are — by taxes on the production... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - Liczba stron: 512
...the following explanation : — " That is, the 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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - Liczba stron: 502
...the following explanation : — " That is, the 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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1857 - Liczba stron: 610
...be said to have become classical, and this chapter cannot be better commenced than by quoting them.* "1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute...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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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... 
