“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
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Is not liberty the destruction of all
“Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism – including, of course, legal despotism?”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
Category: legal
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Each of us has a natural right,
“Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
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And what is liberty, whose very name
“And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties – liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
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And what is liberty, whose very name
“And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties – liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
Category: travel
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The state is the great fictitious entity
“The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
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Government is the great fiction, through which
“Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.”
— Frederic Bastiat
Author: Frederic Bastiat
Category: government
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