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" 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 173
1856
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A Treatise on the Circumstances which Determine the Rate of Wages and ...

John Ramsay M'Culloch, John Ramsay McCulloch - 1868 - 132 pages
...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...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a...
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Think and Act: A Series of Articles Pertaining to Men and Women, Work and Wages

Virginia Penny - 1869 - 388 pages
...Adam Smith says in his " Wealth of Nations, " " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable." People may be divided into two classes — those who work and those who do not. Again, the first class...
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Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1

Richard Cobden - 1870 - 718 pages
...sight of, I don't know that I could do better than refer him to Adam Smith. That writer says : — • The property which every man has in his own labour,...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 plain...
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American Political Economy: Including Strictures on the Management of the ...

Francis Bowen - 1870 - 586 pages
...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,...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain...
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American Political Economy

Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...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,...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 41

1890 - 548 pages
...Kennedy, 2 Yerg. 554. The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original fonndation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands; and to hinder him from employing...
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Fallacies and Tendencies of the Age

George Alfred Dean - 1871 - 272 pages
...to obtain the entire fruits of their labour and skill, which is their property. Adam Smith wrote, ' The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor...
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The Principles of Economical Philosophy, Volume 1

Henry Dunning Macleod - 1872 - 730 pages
...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,...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 plain...
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History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British ...

Leone Levi - 1872 - 642 pages
...endanger the political existence of the state ; he asserted that the property which every man has in his labour as it is the original foundation of all other...property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. And he complained of the conditions imposed on workmen, whilst masters were left entirely uncontrolled....
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A Manual of Political Economy

Erasmus Peshine Smith - 1872 - 316 pages
...for their condemnation ; nor can a more conclusive one be found than that of Adam Smith. He says : " The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the ori-. ginal foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony...
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