Quotes by Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more t — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
There is in all of us a strong disposition to regard what is lawful as legitimate, so much so that many falsely derive a — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
I cannot possibly understand how fraternity can be legally enforced without liberty being legally destroyed... — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
. . . for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works. — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizi — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
I do not think that illegal plunder, such as theft or swindling — which the penal code defines, anticipates, and punishe — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
One of the strangest phenomena of our time, and one that will probably be a matter of astonishment to our decedents, is — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
We disapprove of state education. Than the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state rel — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
In the first place, it would efface from everybody’sconscience the distinction between justice and injustice.No society — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law