 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 664 pages
...ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute toward the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military... | |
 | R. H. Coase - 1994 - 234 pages
...the colonies pay for it? If they would not, there was no reason for Britain to retain its control. "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting... | |
 | Patrick Brantlinger - 1996 - 308 pages
...public indebtedness and of potential wealth to pay that indebtedness. Smith's final sentence reads, "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...time that Great Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces . . . and endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - 2011 - 373 pages
...opulence which nobody can possess but themselves." He was a statesman ahead of his time when he wrote, "If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace, and endeavour to accommodate her future views... | |
 | 290 pages
...Nations to a close. "If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot be made to contribute to the support of the whole Empire it is surely time...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in times of war and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace... | |
 | James Macdonald - 2003 - 590 pages
...the empire. . . . But if the empire can no longer support the expense of keeping up this equipage ... it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself...defending those provinces in time of war . . . and endeavor to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances.10... | |
 | Detlef F. Sprinz, Yael Wolinsky-Nahmias - 2004 - 428 pages
...undertaken altogether on account of the colonies, cost Great Britain . . . upwards of ninety millions. . . . If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...surely time that Great Britain should free herself from defending those provinces in time of war. (1976 [1776], 2:486-87) Davis and Huttenback (1987) note... | |
 | Jerry Evensky - 2005 - 364 pages
...awake from it themselves, and endeavour to awaken the people. If the project cannot be compleated, it ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of...time that Great Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military... | |
 | John Rae - 2006 - 469 pages
...of Nations. " Perish uncontributing colonies " is the very pith of the last sentence of that work. " If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...provinces in time of war and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace ; and endeavour to accommodate her future views... | |
 | Thomas Sowell - 2006 - 334 pages
...them was reduced below what it would otherwise be. The Wealth of Nations closed with the observation "it is surely time that Great Britain should free...provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace, and endeavor to accommodate her future views... | |
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