 It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They...  The Pamphleteer - 155 페이지 편집 - 1818전체보기 - 도서 정보
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...recalls a quote of Adam Smith where he said, "It is the highest impertinence and presumption therefore in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the economy of private people and to restrain their expense. They are themselves always and without any exception the greatest spendthrifts... | |
 | Wilhelm Roscher - 1878 - 486 페이지
...are not favorably inclined towards sumptuary laws. " It is the highest impertinence and presumption in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or by prohibiting the importation of foreign... | |
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...the frying-pan to the agonies of the fire. It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign... | |
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