Dangerous Quote by Frederic Bastiat

Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain - and since labor is pain in itself - it follows that men will resort…

— Frederic Bastiat

Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain - and since labor is pain in itself - it follows that men will resort…

— Frederic 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

PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest the wealth of A from…

— Ambrose Bierce

No legal plunder: This is the principle of justice.

— 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

Plunder is morally wrong. It ruins your credibility.

— David Brooks

Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.

— Frederic Bastiat

From labor there shall come forth rest.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No legal plunder: This is the principle of justice, peace, order, stability, harmony, and logic. Until the day of my death, I shall proclaim…

— Frederic Bastiat

Lingering labors come to naught.

— Robert Southwell

Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who…

— Frederic Bastiat