 To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the...  American Bee Journal - Page 3401892Full view - About this book
 | John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...or state governments of the federal Union; and when imposed, to use the exact language of the court, "is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of law, and is called taxation." Other judicial authorities in the United States to whom weight is accorded, have also concurred in... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 1076 pages
...of the citizen, and with the other bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of the law and is called taxation. This is not legislation; it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor... | |
 | Benjamin La Fevre - Political parties - 1884 - 532 pages
...the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprise and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the forms of the law and is called taxation. This is not legislation ; it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1884 - 88 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none. the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation, it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil,... | |
 | David Ames Wells - 1885 - 48 pages
...upon favoured individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation, it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil,... | |
 | David Ames Wells - Free trade - 1885 - 44 pages
...upon favoured individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation, it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil,... | |
 | Richard Rogers Bowker - Free trade - 1885 - 168 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation: it is a decree under legislative forms. Nor is it taxation. Beyond a cavil,... | |
 | Victor Morawetz - Corporation law - 1886 - 642 pages
...upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. . . . We have established, we think,... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1887 - 646 pages
...Government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it on favored individuals to aid private fortunes, is none the less robbery because...done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms. Our court has been more than once... | |
 | Hermann Lieb - Free trade - 1887 - 256 pages
...of the citizen and with the other bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the form of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative forms.... | |
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