The law has placed the collective force at the disposal of the unscrupulous who wish, without risk, to exploit the person, liberty, and property of others. It has converted plunder into a right, in order to protect plunder. And it has converted lawful defense into a crime, in order to punish lawful defense...When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.

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Frederic Bastiat was a 19th-century French classical liberal theorist and assembly member. Claude-Frédéric Bastiat was a French economist, writer and prominent member of the French liberal school. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination

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