Army Quote by Frederic Bastiat Download Open image “If goods don't cross borders, armies will.” — Frederic Bastiat ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Army Borders Crosses Goods Ifs
You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few. — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling. — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
When crossing someone's borders you have to be prepared to engage in a war that is far more brutal than if it were to… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
The capacity to transfer production elsewhere is a weapon against the Western workers. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If every person has the right to defend - even by force - his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
Here I encounter the most popular fallacy of our times. It is not considered sufficient that the law should guarantee to every citizen the… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
There is in all of a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I believe that my theory is correct; for whatever be the question upon which I am arguing, whether it be religious, philosophical, political, or… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
Every army in the history of the world has always had some deserters, usually much greater than we have today, because once again every… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was… — James Ivory Copy Share Image
I can't imagine that I would be asked that by the president-elect [Donald Trump], or then-president [Barack Obama]. But it's - I'm very clear.… — James Mattis Copy Share Image
Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and… — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Personally, I don't really have a set style or look. It's pretty much what I feel like wearing that day, from a floral-print dress… — Shay Mitchell Copy Share Image
Growing up with a parent in the army, I saw firsthand the challenges our service members face when transitioning to new jobs after time… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image