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"Thus, if there exists a law which sanctions slavery or monopoly, oppression or robbery, in any form whatever, it must not even be mentioned. For how can it be mentioned without damaging the respect which it inspires? Still further, morality and political economy must be taught from the point of view of this law; from the supposition that it must be a just law merely because it is a law.
Another effect of this tragic perversion of the law is that it gives an exaggerated importance to political passions and conflicts, and to politics in general."
 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: | Economics, Fed, IRS, Law, Money, Peace, Politics, Revolution, Taxation |
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