 | Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 sivua
...but to sell our own cheaper than if there was a more perfect freedom of trade. As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act...wisest of all the commercial regulations of England. The second case, in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign for the... | |
 | 1841 - 598 sivua
...principle of his system, as expounded in his own great work — and finally declares that, after all, " the Act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England." The commendation thus extorted from Adam Smith, cannot be strengthened by any other authority. The... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1844 - 810 sivua
...conteraplating the displacement of labour engaged in the agriculture of this country, Dr. Advn Smith says, ' As defence is of much more importance than opulence,...Navigation is perhaps the wisest of all the commercial regulationsof England.'" Now, the author of the " Wealth of Nations" — for he (Lord Radnor) had referred... | |
 | T. B. - 1844 - 850 sivua
...labour engaged in the agriculture of this country, — Dr. Adam Smith says, " As defence is of murh more importance than opulence, the Act of Navigation...wisest of all the commercial regulations of England." Yet, notwithstanding the natural interest every country has in its security against the attacks of... | |
 | John Macgregor - 1846 - 658 sivua
...but to sell our own cheaper, than if there was a more perfect freedom of trade. As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act...of all the commercial regulations of England.'— Wealth of Nations. Mr. MacCulloch, on this opinion, makes the following judicious remarks. "It may,... | |
 | 1847 - 570 sivua
...cheaper, than if there was a more perfect freedom ' of trade. As defence, however, is of much noore importance ' than opulence, the Act of Navigation...wisest ' of all the commercial regulations of England.' An authority so unlocked for is naturally made the most of by Navigation Law Protectionists : Yet,... | |
 | 1848 - 816 sivua
...the regulations of this famous act may have proceeded from national animosity, they are all as ieise as if dictated by the most deliberate wisdom. As defence...considerable degree, theirs with us had declined during the sameperiod ; underthe reciprocity system, our tonnage with them had on the whole decreased ton third... | |
 | 1848 - 806 sivua
...to the growth of that opulence which can arise from it. As defence, however, is of much more value than opulence, the Act of Navigation is perhaps the...wisest of all the commercial regulations of England."* Before these pages issue from the press, this, undoubtedly the wisest of all the commercial regulations... | |
 | 1848 - 802 sivua
...to the growth of that opulence which can arise from it. As defence, however, is of much more value than opulence, the Act of Navigation is perhaps the...wisest of all the commercial regulations of England."* Before these pages issue from the pross, this, undoubtedly the wisest of all the commercial regulations... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1850 - 612 sivua
...foreign commerce, he winds up his commentary in these memorable words : — ' As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the Act...wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.' This celebrated passage is so diametrically opposed to all the contending theories of the more recent... | |
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As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England. 
