Bastiat Magnets

A citizen cannot at the same time be free and not free

I cannot possibly understand how fraternity can be legally enforced without liberty being legally destroyed . . .

“Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.”

May they reject all systems and try liberty

Here is a Frédéric Bastiat which is often co-opted by the so-called Libertarians, who ignore the fact that Bastiat is likely referring to bankers,, their lobbyists and the political corruption their iniuitous existence proliferates. A free market cannot exist under a baking system. “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” In Maiden Orange font, full canvas.

Here is a Frédéric Bastiat which is often co-opted by the so-called Libertarians, who ignore the fact that Bastiat is likely referring to bankers, their lobbyists and the political corruption their iniuitous existence proliferates. A free market cannot exist under a baking system. “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” In white-colored Maiden Orange font, full canvas.

Some names every libertarian should know.

Bastiat quote from his essay the law