Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike. - Jean-Baptiste Say

It is, perhaps, a well founded objection to Mr. Ricardo, that he sometimes reasons upon abstract principles to which he gives too great a generalization.

With respect to the present time, there are few persons who unite the qualifications of good observers with a situation favourable for accurate observation.

The command of a large sum is a dangerous temptation to a national administration. Though accumulated at their expense, the people rarely, if ever profit by it: yet in point of fact, all value, and consequently, all wealth, originates with the people.