 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 522 pages
...observer, not blinded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, yvould declare that taxes were not raised t(i carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry...of the house of commons, is a part of the English goverment; and though he professes himself an enemy to war, he abuses the French constitution, which... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1837 - 716 pages
...the history of the English government, its wars and taxes, an observer, not blinded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were...of the house of commons, is a part of the English goverment; and though he professes himself an enemy to war, he abuses the French constitution, which... | |
 | Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...the history of the English government, its wars and taxes, an observer, not blinded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were...wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes. It is attributed to Henry IV. of France, a man of an enlarged and benevolent heart, that he proposed,... | |
 | Thomas Paine - France - 1856 - 168 pages
...taxes, a by-stander, not linded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, would declare, that taxes rere not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry Q taxes. Mr. Burke, as a member of the House of Commons, is a part of the English governo-tnt ; and... | |
 | Thomas Paine - France - 1892 - 300 pages
...history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, would declare, that taxes were...Constitution, which seeks to explode it. He holds up * It is a practice in some parts of the country, when two travellers have but one horse, which like... | |
 | Thomas Paine - France - 1906 - 172 pages
...history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were...raised to carry on taxes. Mr. Burke, as a member of the 1 It is a practice in some parts of the country, when two travellers have but one horse, which, like... | |
 | Robert W. Tucker, David C. Hendrickson - Political Science - 1992 - 377 pages
...revenue cannot be increased without taxes, a pretense must be made for expenditures." Paine's belief that "taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes" held a powerful appeal for the Republicans. Its implication was that the causes of war lay not in external... | |
 | Thomas Paine - History - 1995 - 944 pages
...history of the English government, its wars and its taxes, a stander-by, not blinded by prejudice, nor warped by interest, would declare, that taxes were...an enemy to war, he abuses the French Constitution, *It is a practice in some parts of the country, when two travellers have but one horse, which like... | |
 | Lloyd J. Dumas - Business & Economics - 1995 - 368 pages
...for expenditures ... in reviewing the history of the English Government [one would have to conclude] that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.47 Later, the economist Joseph P. Schumpeter would explain the domestic face of war. He described... | |
 | Brian McCartin - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 116 pages
...pretence must be made for expenditure. In reviewing the history of the English Government, a bystander would declare that taxes were not raised to carry...wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes." Paine ends Part I of the Rights of Man with a challenge to the British government to change, or else:... | |
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... countries. It is the art of conquering at home: the object of it is an increase of revenue ; and as revenue cannot be increased without taxes, a pretence must be made for expenditures. In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and... 
