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.

Quote by Frederic Bastiat

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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...

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...

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...

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,...

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

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...

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...

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...

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.