Frédéric Bastiat, The Law (1850)
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"All the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and . . . the State should be abolished." —Benjamin Tucker
"You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." —James Madison
"Fat chance." —Sheldon Richman
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."
Sheldon, nice to see you posting here more often. I hope you keep it going.
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ReplyDeleteA medical monopoly is virtual medical tyranny and humans of any stripe cannot be trusted to run such a beast.
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