Quotes by : Frédéric Bastiat

There is in all of us a strong disposition to regard what is lawful as legitimate, so much so that many....

Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of....

. . . for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works.

In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law....

The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to....

I do not think that illegal plunder, such as theft or swindling — which the penal code defines, anticipates,....

Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted....

We need not be surprised at this. On a wrong road, inconsistency is inevitable; if it were not so, mankind....

Since no individual acting separately can lawfully use force to destroy the rights of others, does it....

I cannot possibly understand how fraternity can be legally enforced without liberty being legally destroyed.......