The History and Burden of Taxation ...1889 - 16 Seiten |
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Seite 2 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Seite 2 - Government is instituted for the common good, for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men.
Seite 2 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty and property, according to standing laws. He is obliged, consequently, to contribute his share to the expense of this protection ; to give his personal service, or an equivalent, when necessary...
Seite 2 - All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.
Seite 2 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Seite 6 - Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included in this Union according to their respective numbers...
Seite 2 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Seite 7 - ... that Congress have an unlimited power to raise money, and that, in its appropriation, they have a discretionary power, restricted only by the duty to appropriate it to purposes of common defence, and of general, not local — national, not State benefit;" and this was avowed to be the governing principle through the residue of his administration.
Seite 7 - ... nation, and produces a manifest and positive good. A practical construction, thus supported, shows that it has reason on its side, and is called for by the interests of the Union. Hence, too, the presumption that it will be persevered in. It will, surely, be better to admit, that the construction given by these exam•ples has been just and proper, than to deny that construction, and still to practice on it — to say one thing, and to do another.
Seite 25 - ... feet, which retain the water, so that such a road is not so dry, and wears more unevenly than one of a flatter section on which the traffic is more evenly distributed over the whole width. Eoads are often made too round in section, with a mistaken notion of keeping them dry, and also to allow for greater wear in the middle, but there is no danger of a road with little convexity wearing hollow in the centre, or retaining the water, if the surface is properly attended to. Fairness of surface...