 | 1787 - 440 pages
...of a poor man lies in the (trength and dexterity of his hands, and to hinder him from employing his ftrength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour is a plain vioIntion of this inpit facred property. His a tn». nif-iT encroagement upon the jnft libeity <Stc.... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 pages
...oppreflive. / THE property which every man has in his own | labour, as it is the original foundation of all V other property, fo it is the moft facred and inviolable....proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violatioa of this moft facred property. It is a manifeft encroachment upon the juft liberty both of... | |
 | 1865 - 632 pages
...man lies in the strength and 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 plain violation of this most sacred property. As it hinders the one from working at... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pages
...dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner Jie thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the just liberty, both of the workman, and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 pages
...man lies in the strength and 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 violation of this most sacred property. Itfijg a manifest encroachment upon the just liberty, both of the workman, and... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1812 - 192 pages
...man lies in the strength and 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 plain violation of his most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1824 - 780 pages
...man lies in the strength and 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 violation of his most sacred property." As the law stood at present, a gentleman of property might go over to France,... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - 1824 - 530 pages
...strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in the manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of his most sacred rights." The French oblige every fishing-boat that goes to sea, to take a proportionate... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1827 - 522 pages
...Nations, "lies in the strength and 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 violation of his most sacred property." However, as society is possessed of a natural right to regulate the exercise... | |
 | Jean Baptiste Say - 1827 - 522 pages
...the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and'dexterity in what manner h'e thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of his most sacred property." However, as society is possessed of a natural right to regulate the 'exercise... | |
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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... 
