 | 1811 - 858 psl.
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 psl.
...tax falling unequally even upon that particular fort of private revenue which is affefted by it. II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought...arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, thq quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 860 psl.
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and... | |
 | 1811 - 854 psl.
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other per. son ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 668 psl.
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | David Ricardo - 1821 - 560 psl.
...towards the support of the 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 and not arbitrary. 3. " Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient... | |
 | 1826 - 1138 psl.
...people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. 3. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - 302 psl.
...of his family, the other enjoins no such necessity, for his family will enjoy the income by descent. "2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary." "3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time and in the manner in which it is likely to be most convenient... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1827 - 542 psl.
...people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. 3. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1891 - 1086 psl.
...any of the people in proportion to their means, The second principle of sound taxation is that " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary." Now the Paddy Tax, as we have seen> has been raised in the most capricious and arbitrary fashion. One... | |
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The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person... 
