Frédéric Bastiat
A clear-eyed French thinker who turned everyday examples into lively lessons on liberty. With warmth and wit, he showed how voluntary exchange lifts people up and why justice, property, and personal responsibility go hand in hand. Grounded in faith and common sense, he warned against the seductive promises of state control and reminded readers that compassion is strongest when it’s free.
Quotes by Frédéric Bastiat
"Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society."
Source: The Law
"The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else."
Source: The Law
"It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder."
Source: The Law