Frederic Bastiat Quote

Quote from Frederic Bastiat,

"All you have to do, is to see whether the law takes from some what belongs to them in order to give it to others to whom

it does not belong. We must see whether the law performs, for the profit of one citizen and to the detriment of others, an act which that citizen could
not perform himself without being guilty of a crime. Repeal such a law without delay. ... [I]f you don’t take care, what begins by being an exception
tends to become general, to multiply itself, and to develop into a veritable system."

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 (1850) <a href=http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw>http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw</a>
Categories:	Corruption, Crime, Law, Theft, Usurpation
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