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Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim – when he defends himself – as a criminal.”

51. “Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim – when he defends himself – as a criminal.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.”

52. “Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Liberty is an acknowledgement of faith in God and his works.”

53. “Liberty is an acknowledgement of faith in God and his works.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “They would be the shepherds over us, their sheep. Certainly such an arrangement presupposes that they are naturally superior to the rest of us. And certainly we are fully justified in demanding from the legislators and organizers proof of this natural superiority.”

54. “They would be the shepherds over us, their sheep. Certainly such an arrangement presupposes that they are naturally superior to the rest of us. And certainly we are fully justified in demanding from the legislators and organizers proof of this natural superiority.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “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 spirit. Its mission is to protect property.”

55. “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 spirit. Its mission is to protect property.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account.”

56. “Man acquires wealth in proportion as he puts his labor to better account.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “The profit of the one is the profit of the other.”

57. “The profit of the one is the profit of the other.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life – physical, intellectual, and moral life.”

58. “We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life – physical, intellectual, and moral life.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Try to imagine a system of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property rights. If you cannot do so, then you must agree that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.”

59. “Try to imagine a system of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property rights. If you cannot do so, then you must agree that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.”

60. “Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.”

61. “Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”

62. “Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “The balance of trade is an article of faith.”

63. “The balance of trade is an article of faith.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation.”

64. “Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on.”

65. “Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat Quote: “Law and Charity Are Not the Same.”

66. “Law and Charity Are Not the Same.”

— Frédéric Bastiat

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