Law Quote by Frederic Bastiat

“Yes, as long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true mission, that it may violate property instead of…

— Frédéric Bastiat

The law commit legal plunder by violating liberty and property.

— Frederic Bastiat

“But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and…

— Frederick Bastiat

There are people who think that plunder loses all its immorality as soon as it becomes legal. Personally, I cannot imagine a more alarming…

— Frederic Bastiat

No legal plunder: This is the principle of justice.

— Frederic Bastiat

But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and…

— Frederic Bastiat

“Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Thus the beneficiaries are spared the shame and danger that their acts would otherwise involve……

— Frédéric Bastiat

Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs,…

— Frederic Bastiat

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves…

— Frederic Bastiat

The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for…

— Frederic Bastiat

The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in…

— Frederic Bastiat

The mission of law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even thought the law may be acting in a…

— Frederic Bastiat