 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...order of men who are nntvirally unpopular, even where they are neither infolent nor corrupt. — 1 he certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of fo great importance, that a very confiderable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent or corrupt. The certainty »f what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of so great impnrtance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I bclicvi-, from the experience... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...great an evil as a .very small degree of uncertainty. III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in. the manner, in which it is most likely to be... | |
 | Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. Parliamentary Committee - Ireland - 1845 - 538 pages
...obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty.' "III. 'Every tax ought to be levied at the time or in the manner most likely to be convenient for the... | |
 | University magazine - 1845 - 776 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1849 - 588 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I * Wealth tifNatiinu, book v. ch. ii. believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1852 - 608 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, 1 * Wealth ofNatiotu, book v. ch. ii. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION. 365 believe, from the experience... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1857 - 610 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I * Wealth of Natiom, book v. ch. ii. believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great... | |
 | Charles Tennant - Taxation - 1857 - 510 pages
...quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears from the experience of all nations, is not nearly so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty.... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1860 - 72 pages
...corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular even where they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from... | |
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The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small... 
