It Must Always Be Remembered, However, That

All Money Is A Matter Of Belief.

The Tolls For The Maintenance Of A High Road, Cannot With Any Safety Be Made The Property Of Private Persons.

It Must Always Be Remembered, However, That It Is The Luxuries, And Not The Necessary Expense Of The Inferior Ranks Of People, That Ought Ever To Be Taxed.

Both Ground- Rents And The Ordinary Rent Of Land Are A Species Of Revenue Which The Owner, In Many Cases, Enjoys Without Any Care Or Attention Of His Own. The Annual Produce Of The Land And Labour Of The Society, The Real Wealth And Revenue Of The Great Body Of The People, Might Be The Same After Such A Tax As Before. Ground-rents, And The Ordinary Rent Of Land Are, Therefore, Perhaps The Species Of Revenue Which Can Best Bear To Have A Peculiar Tax Imposed Upon Them.

To Subject Every Private Family To The Odious Visits And Examination Of The Tax-gatherers ... Would Be Altogether Inconsistent With Liberty.