All Frederic Bastiat Quotes
- Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection,… Benefits
- Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God… All
- The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. Attacked
- You compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask… Ask
- Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the… Accumulates
- Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them. Defenders
- I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or economical;… Affects
- There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist… Account
- The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. Attempts
- A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you… Argue
- When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in Society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal… Authorizes