Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

Quote by Frederic Bastiat

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Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty,...

Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty,...

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is...

They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state...

Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state...

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the...

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the...