“You say, "There are men who have no money," and you apply the law. But the law is not a self-supplied fountain, whence every stream may obtain supplies independtly of society. Nothing can enter the public treasury, in favor of… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“As the result of its systems and of its efforts, it would seem that socialism, notwithstanding all its self-compaceny, can scarcely help perceiving the… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“These classes, according to the degree of enlightenment at which they have arrived, may propose to themselves two very different ends, when they thus… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“You say, "There are men who have no money," and you apply the law. But the law is not a self-supplied fountain, whence every… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree, but the safest way to make them respected is to make… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“It is so true, that the Socialists look upon mankind as a subject for social experiments, that if, by chance, they are not quite… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“Our adversaries consider, that an activity which is neither aided by supplies, nor regulated by Government, is an activity destroyed. We think just the… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
“Truly it would be well if these visionaries, who think so much of themselves and so little of mankind, who want to renew everything,… — Bastiat, Frederick Copy Share Image
