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Tuesday, February 08, 2022

Bastiat Foresees 1/6

"As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true purpose—that it may violate property instead of protecting it—then everyone will want to participate in making the law, either to protect himself against plunder or to use it for plunder. Political questions will always be prejudicial, dominant, and all-absorbing. There will be fighting at the door of the Legislative Palace, and the struggle within will be no less furious."
Frédéric Bastiat, The Law (1850)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sheldon, nice to see you posting here more often. I hope you keep it going.

Sheldon Richman said...

If I may quote George Costanza: "I'm back, baby!"

Unknown said...

A medical monopoly is virtual medical tyranny and humans of any stripe cannot be trusted to run such a beast.