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Men Quotes by Frederic Bastiat
- Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed…
- By virtue of exchange, one man's prosperity is beneficial to all others.
- We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a…
- 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…
- Society is composed of men, and every man is a FREE agent. Since man is free, he can choose; since he can choose, he can…
- The impulses of my heart are the voice of Nature, which is never mistaken. The institutions that stand in my way are man-made and are…
- 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…
- 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…
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