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Quote from Frederic Bastiat,


"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works."


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:

Liberty, Power, God, Government, Faith, Disobedience, Dissent, Honor, Regulation, Control, Authority, Force, Dictatorship, Socialism

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