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> [“Truly it would be well if these visionaries, who think so much of themselves and so little of mankind, who want to renew everything, would only be content with trying to reform themselves, the task would be arduous enough for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/truly-it-would-be-well-if-these-visionaries-who-think-so-much-of/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

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## More by Bastiat, Frederick

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/as-the-result-of-its-systems-and-of-its-efforts-it-would-seem-that/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“These classes, according to the degree of enlightenment at which they have arrived, may propose to themselves two very different ends, when they thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/these-classes-according-to-the-degree-of-enlightenment-at-which-they/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/you-say-there-are-men-who-have-no-money-and-you-apply-the-law-but-the/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree, but the safest way to make them respected is to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/no-society-can-exist-unless-the-laws-are-respected-to-a-certain/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“It is so true, that the Socialists look upon mankind as a subject for social experiments, that if, by chance, they are not quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/it-is-so-true-that-the-socialists-look-upon-mankind-as-a-subject-for/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“Our adversaries consider, that an activity which is neither aided by supplies, nor regulated by Government, is an activity destroyed. We think just the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/our-adversaries-consider-that-an-activity-which-is-neither-aided-by/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

> [“Truly it would be well if these visionaries, who think so much of themselves and so little of mankind, who want to renew everything,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bastiat-frederick/truly-it-would-be-well-if-these-visionaries-who-think-so-much-of/)

[Bastiat, Frederick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bastiat-frederick/)

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