The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing... Speeches on Questions of Public Policy - Side 45av Richard Cobden - 1878 - 662 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Charles Knight - 1866 - 464 sider
...prices — Poor-law — Law of settlement. A DAM SMITH, in his great work, "The Wealth of Nations," says, " The property which every man has in his own...without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property." The right of property, in general, has been denned by another writer, M.... | |
| Charles Tennant - 1866 - 894 sider
...other questions, has said on this question : — " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property,...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of the most sacred property. As it hinders one from working at what... | |
| 1866 - 420 sider
...please ; because the " patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity...without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property." To manufacturers, political economy says, cease to produce such articles... | |
| John Ramsay M'Culloch, John Ramsay McCulloch - 1868 - 132 sider
...in the market, and should never be controlled by the legislature. "The property," says Adam Smith, "which every man has in his own labour, as it is the...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of the most sacred property." But it is false to affirm that workmen... | |
| James Ward - 1868 - 348 sider
...of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing that strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.' As an exchanger of labour for capital,... | |
| Erasmus Peshine Smith - 1868 - 274 sider
...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in whatever way he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the just liberty, both of the workman... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1870 - 586 sider
...more correct view of the subject when he says : " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property,...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 sider
...more correct view of the subject when he says : " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property,...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| George Alfred Dean - 1871 - 272 sider
...of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands, and to hinder him from employing that strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.' " "I agree," observed Mr. Brown, "with... | |
| Henry Dunning Macleod - 1872 - 730 sider
...a man has in himself, and in the fruits of his own mind, that is in his own Labour of all sorts. " The property which every man has in his own labour,...without injury to his neighbour is a plain violation of this most sacred property." ' And the same is true of every other species of labour, mental or intellectual.... | |
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