The laws of a country ought to be the standard of equity, and calculated to impress on the minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender laws, of any kind, operate to destroy morality, and to dissolve,... The Natural Law of Money - Page 135by William Brough - 1894 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Paine - 1824 - 524 pages
...pound weight of such vile materials, valued at four-pence, pieces were coined and circulated to the The laws of a country ought to be the standard of...minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender laws, of any kind, pperate to destroy morality, and to... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1824 - 444 pages
...pound weight of such vile materials, valued at four-pence, pieces were coined and circulated to tin The laws of a country ought to be the standard of...minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender laws, of any kind, operate to destroy morality, and to... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1835 - 552 pages
...been at the trouble or expense of collecting brass and copper, broken bells, and household utensils. The laws of a country ought to be the standard of...minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender laws, of any kind, operate to destroy morality, and to... | |
| George Robertson - 1855 - 422 pages
...with peace and plenty. A PI&BIAN. TO THE GOVERNOR ELECT OF KENTUCKY— No. iv., "The laws of a counfrr ought to be the standard of equity, and calculated...minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender laws of any kind operate to destroy morality, and to... | |
| George Robertson - 1855 - 422 pages
...the people to smile with pence and plenty. A PLEBIAN. TO THE GOVERNOR ELECT OF KENTrCKT— No. TV. "The laws of a country ought to be the standard of equity, and calculated to impress oa the minds of the people the moral as well as the legal obligations of reciprocal justice. But tender... | |
| Charles Newell Fowler - 1913 - 536 pages
...the author of " Common Sense," in an opinion on Paper Money used this language : " The laws of the country ought to be the standard of equity and calculated...as the legal obligation of political justice. But tender laws of any kind operate to destroy morality and to dissolve by the pretence of law what ought... | |
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