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Famous Quote from Frederic Bastiat,


"Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state.
They forget that the state lives at the expense of everyone."


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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 (1850)
<a href=http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw>http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw</a>

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Fear, Government, History, Independence, Justice, Knowledge, Money, Politics, Power, Proverbs, Reason, Republic, Responsibility, Statism, Terrorism, Tyranny

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