Frederic Bastiat Quote

Quote from Frederic Bastiat,

"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws.
On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand
that caused men to make laws in the first place."

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, History, Justice, Law, Property, Rights, Sovereignty, Liberty
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