John Taylor on "Protecting Duties", "Bounties" and "Protections" on Agriculture

"Monarchies and aristocracies, being founded in the principle of distributing wealth by law, can only subsist by frauds and deceptions to dupe ignorance into an opinion, that such distributions are intended for its benefit;  but in genuine republics, founded on the principle of leaving wealth to be distributed by merit and industry, these treacheries of government are treasons against nations."

John Taylor 

(Arator: Essay 8 on The Political State of Agriculture)