--- title: "5 Socialists Quotes By Frederic Bastiat" description: "5 Socialists quotes by Frederic Bastiat. Plus more from Frederic Bastiat and more Socialists sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/frederic-bastiat-2151_artificial_socialists-claim-that-we-reject-fraterni_301218.jpg" --- > [ \[Socialists claim\] that we reject fraternity, solidarity, organization, and association; and they brand us with the name of individualists. We can assure… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/socialists-claim-that-we-reject-fraternity-solidarity-organization/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/frederic-bastiat-2151_artificial_socialists-claim-that-we-reject-fraterni_301218.jpg) > [We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/we-disapprove-of-state-education-then-the-socialists-say-that-we-are/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/frederic-bastiat-2151_economic_we-disapprove-of-state-education-then-th_648034.png) > [If socialists mean that under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/if-socialists-mean-that-under-extraordinary-circumstances-for-urgent/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/586/frederic-bastiat-2151_agree_if-socialists-mean-that-under-extraordin_1196719.jpg) > [“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/socialism-like-the-ancient-ideas-from-which-it-springs-confuses-the/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/frederic-bastiat-2151_capitalism_socialism-like-the-ancient-ideas-from-wh_2843475.jpg) > [Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/socialism-like-the-ancient-ideas-from-which-it-springs-confuses-the-2/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/frederic-bastiat-2151_ancient_socialism-like-the-ancient-ideas-from-wh_2852940.jpg) ## Other authors on Socialists - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-margaret-thatcher-63465.jpg) Margaret Thatcher 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/margaret-thatcher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adolf-hitler-9531.jpg) Adolf Hitler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/adolf-hitler/) - [A.E. Samaan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/a-e-samaan/) ## More by Frederic Bastiat > [The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/the-politician-attempts-to-remedy-the-evil-by-increasing-the-very/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/the-law-is-the-collective-organization-of-the-individual-s-right-to/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [If every person has the right to defend - even by force - his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/if-every-person-has-the-right-to-defend-even-by-force-his-person-his/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/sometimes-the-law-defends-plunder-and-participates-in-it-sometimes/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/slavery-protection-and-monopoly-find-defenders-not-only-in-those-who/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/often-the-masses-are-plundered-and-do-not-know-it/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/here-i-encounter-the-most-popular-fallacy-of-our-times-it-is-not/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/the-state-is-the-great-fictitious-entity-by-which-everyone-seeks-to/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [There is in all of a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/there-is-in-all-of-a-strong-disposition-to-believe-that-anything/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/i-believe-that-my-theory-is-correct-for-whatever-be-the-question-upon/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [The balance of trade is an article of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/the-balance-of-trade-is-an-article-of-faith/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/there-are-people-who-think-that-plunder-loses-all-its-immorality-as/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [“And now, after having vainly inflicted upon the social body so many systems, let them end where they ought to have begun—reject all systems,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/and-now-after-having-vainly-inflicted-upon-the-social-body-so-many/) [Frédéric Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/when-misguided-public-opinion-honors-what-is-despicable-and-despises/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/there-is-only-one-difference-between-a-bad-economist-and-a-good-one/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socialists/frederic-bastiat/#itemlist", "name": "5 Socialists Quotes By Frederic Bastiat", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Socialists claim] that we reject fraternity, solidarity, organization, and association; and they brand us with the name of individualists. 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