Often the masses are plundered and do not know it.

Quote by Frederic Bastiat

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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...

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.

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,...

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...

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,...

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,...

Lawyers as a group are no more dedicated to justice or public service than a...

Lawyers as a group are no more dedicated to justice or public service than a...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

Things in law tend to be black and white. But we all know that some...

Things in law tend to be black and white. But we all know that some...

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

The law is silent during war

The law is silent during war

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices...

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...