“ Life, faculties, productionin other words, individuality, liberty, propertythis 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. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ ...for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ ...for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ We cannot but be astonished at the ease with which men resign themselves to ignorance about what is most important for them to know; and we may be certain that they are determined to remain invincibly ignorant if they once come to consider it as axiomatic that there are no absolute principles. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The state is the great fiction by which everybody tries to live at the expense of everybody else. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices… ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ People are beginning to realize that the apparatus of government is costly. But what they do not know is that the burden falls inevitably on them. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ It is easier to show the disorder that must accompany reform than the order that should follow it. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare in the general welfare. Then jealousies between man and man, city and city, province and province, nation and nation, will no longer trouble the world. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper.When people have learned this lesson, everyone will seek his individual welfare in the general welfare. Then jealousies between man and man, city and city, province and province, nation and nation, will no longer trouble the world. ”
- Frederic Bastiat- Copy
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“ Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. ”
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