All Frederic Bastiat Quotes
- We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists… Accuse
- Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object… Accuse
- But we assure the socialists that we repudiate only forced organization, not natural organization. We repudiate the forms of association that are forced upon us,… Artificial
- The plans differ; the planners are all alike... Alike
- It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is only to secure… Absolute
- It is indeed a singular thing that people wish to pass laws to nullify the disagreeable consequences that the law of responsibility entails. Will they… Along
- And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun:… Acknowledgment
- There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming situation. Alarming
- Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus. All
- Who then would not like to see these benefits flow upon the world from the law, as from an inexhaustible source?... But is it possible?...… Benefits
- Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy. False
- No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is… Choose
- Property does not exist because there are laws, but laws exist because there is property. Doe
- The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a… Acting
- Law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice. Cannot Organize
- Property, the right to enjoy the fruits of one's labor, the right to work, to develop, to exercise one's faculties, according to one's own understanding,… According
- When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct… Abrogated
- Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make… According
- Treat all economic questions from the viewpoint of the consumer, for the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race. All
- Justice is achieved only when injustice is absent. Absent