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Them Quotes by Frederic Bastiat
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Since the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to allow them liberty, how comes it to pass that the…
- If socialists mean that under extraordinary circumstances, for urgent cases, the State should set aside some resources to assist certain unfortunate people, to help them…
- The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a philanthropic…
- But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives…
- Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.
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