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Famous Quote from Frederic Bastiat,


"There is in all of us a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate.
This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously
held that things are “just” because the law makes them so."


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

Source:

"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)
<a href=http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw>http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw</a>

Categories:

Honor, Individual Rights, Individualism, Justice, Law, Reason, Rights

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