 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...  The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart - Page 223by Dugald Stewart - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Félix Marie Faulcon - France - 1801 - 330 pages
...s'écroule devant ces phrases immortelles que je pour(i) » The subjects of every state oughttocontribute » 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... | |
 | 1853 - 636 pages
...principles of taxation in these well-known words : — ' TheSubjects 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... | |
 | 1833 - 598 pages
...into the mode in which a property and an income tax should be assessed. I. Dr Smith lays it down, that the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of government, ' as nearly ' as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, * in proportion... | |
 | William Smelley - Essays - 1804 - 212 pages
...taxation. Adam Smith, in his Wealth of Nations, defines the principle of taxation as follows: — " That the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities," and this proposition must be admitted. To determine therefore, the character... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...following maxims with regard to taxes in general. 1. The subjects of every state ought to conlribu^f 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... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...necessary to premise the four following maxims with regard to taxes in general. ] . The subjects of fcvery 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 revemie which they respectively enjoy under... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...they are objects of taxation. It was not only a. wise but a profound assertion of Adam Smith, " that the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 518 pages
...particular taxes, it is necessary to premise the four following 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 their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under... | |
 | David Ricardo - Classical school of economics - 1821 - 566 pages
...general, to which, according to Adam Smith, all taxes should conform. The four maxims are as follow: 1. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities. 2. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1901 - 744 pages
...defray the expense incurred for their maintenance, in proportion to their respective abilities, ie, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. This money must necessarily be raised by taxation. There are certain rules the due observance of which... | |
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