 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1731856Full view - About this book
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1832 - 530 pages
...principles of natural right. " The patrimony of a poor man," says the author of the Wealth of Nations, " lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands : and to hinder him from cmploying this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1833 - 850 pages
...accuracy the general principle, that " the property " which every man has in his own la • " bour, as it is the original foundation " of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable." After stating the law, he points out the evil as it still exists in England, in these emphatic words... | |
 | 1834 - 850 pages
...particular subject ; he has laid down, with his accustomed accuracy, the general principle, that " the property which every man has in his own labour,...property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable." After stating the law, he points out the evil as it still exists in England in these emphatic words... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1835 - 354 pages
...contains a correct and important sentiment. " The property, which every man hath in his own labor, is most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing that strength and dexterity, in that manner which he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...Europe, in which corporation laws are so little repressive. 'Die property which every man has in his nwn labour, as it is the original foundation of all other...and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in toe strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this «•trtT.gth and dexterity... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1839 - 614 pages
...his labour by violence, and he must be allowed entire control over it, or he relaxes into idleness. 'The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all property, so it is, of -1 others, the most sacred and inviolable.' Although tiifse words of Adam Smith... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1839 - 602 pages
...his labour by violence, and he must be allowed entire control over it, or he relaxes into idleness. ' The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all property, so it is, of all others, the most sacred and inviolable.' Although these words of Adam Smith... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1844 - 810 pages
...authority has and ought to have the greatest weiglit with the House, that " The property which eveiy man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a... | |
 | 1863 - 518 pages
...law of apprenticeship, the philosopher said : " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property,...in the strength and dexterity of his hands, and to hiuder him from employing his strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper for his own advantage... | |
 | 96 pages
...has always been held to be the robbery of the poor's box. What says Adam Smith — " The propel !y which every man has in his own labour as it is the original foundation of all oi'ner properly, so it is the most sacred and invaluable. The patrimony of (lie poor man lies in the... | |
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