Frederic Bastiat Quote

Quote from Frederic Bastiat,

"When law and morality contradict each other,
the citizen has the cruel alternative
of either losing his moral sense
or losing his respect for the law."

By:	Frederic Bastiat (more quotes by Frederic Bastiat or books by/about Frederic Bastiat)
	(1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before -- and immediately following -- the French Revolution of February 1848
Date:	June 1850
Source:	"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848) <a href=http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw>http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw</a>
Keywords:	French Revolution
Categories:	Freedom, Government, Law, Morals, Politics, Responsibility, Socialism, Liberty
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