 | Félix Esquirou de Parieu - 1866 - 548 стор.
...of every state, » a dit le savant économiste, « ought » to contribute lowards the support ofthe government, as nearly » as possible in proportion...abilities ; that is » in proportion to the revenue wich they respectively enjoy » under the protection of the state ' . » Or, la conformité à cette... | |
 | James Edwin Thorold Rogers - 1868 - 370 стор.
...Briefly stated, they are as follows : — I. ' That the subjects of a State ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...abilities; that is in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy under the protection of the State.' Adam Smith compares this payment to the expense of managing... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1868 - 494 стор.
...that the most direct are cheapest taxes, that the most just are those which require all men to pay " in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the State" will discard every other form of taxation but that which comes immediately... | |
 | Amasa Walker - 1869 - 562 стор.
...concurred in from that day to this, that, as J. Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to...abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 616 стор.
...maxims with regard to taxes in general. 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;1 that is, in proportion to the revenue 1 This word, notwithstanding Smith's explanation... | |
 | 1875 - 438 стор.
...Equality in the burden of taxation. The first of the maxims of Adam Smith on the subject of taxation is, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues they enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1896 - 614 стор.
...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...their respective abilities : that is, in proportion the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell - 1871 - 488 стор.
...are so widely accepted, that we may here quote them. They are in substance as follow : — First, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to...respective abilities : that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." Secondly, " The tax which each... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1873 - 568 стор.
...to tax incomes at all is far from being above question. It is a primary principle of taxation that "the subjects of every State ought to contribute to...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." This principle, formulated more than a... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875 - 1875 - 634 стор.
...economy and its justice. " The subjects of every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government,...abilities, — that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
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The subjects 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 under the protection of the state. 
