 If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting...  An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things - Сторінка 302автори: George Long - 1872 - 379 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | R. H. Coase - 1994 - 234 стор.
...the colonies pay for it? If they would not, there was no reason for Britain to retain its control. "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting... | |
 | Patrick Brantlinger - 1996 - 308 стор.
...public indebtedness and of potential wealth to pay that indebtedness. Smith's final sentence reads, "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...time that Great Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces . . . and endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 2011 - 373 стор.
...opulence which nobody can possess but themselves." He was a statesman ahead of his time when he wrote, "If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
 | 290 стор.
...generations of economists to the observation with which Smith brought The Wealth of Nations to a close. "If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot be made to contribute to the support of the whole Empire it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the... | |
 | James Macdonald - 2003 - 590 стор.
...the empire. . . . But if the empire can no longer support the expense of keeping up this equipage ... it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war . . . and endeavor to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity... | |
 | Detlef F. Sprinz, Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias - 2004 - 428 стор.
...undertaken altogether on account of the colonies, cost Great Britain . . . upwards of ninety millions. . . . If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...surely time that Great Britain should free herself from defending those provinces in time of war. (1976 [1776], 2:486-87) Davis and Huttenback (1987) note... | |
 | Thomas Sowell - 2006 - 334 стор.
...them was reduced below what it would otherwise be. The Wealth of Nations closed with the observation "it is surely time that Great Britain should free...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
 | Robin L. Einhorn - 2008 - 351 стор.
...empire" were not really colonies. They were "a sort of splendid and showy equipage of the empire." If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute toward the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from... | |
 | Michael Lewis - 2007 - 1476 стор.
...themselves, and endeavor to awaken the people. If the project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishment in time of peace;... | |
 | 1876 - 862 стор.
...without augmenting the area of its resources ; " — that, and this is the final sentence of the book, "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
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