On a wrong road, inconsistency is inevitable; if it were not so, mankind would be sacrificed. A false principle never has been, and never will be, ca… - Frédéric Bastiat

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On a wrong road, inconsistency is inevitable; if it were not so, mankind would be sacrificed. A false principle never has been, and never will be, carried out to the end.

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About Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat (30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was an early free-market economist and classical liberal French author.

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Alternative Names: Claude Frédéric Bastiat Frederic Bastiat
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Advise me, but do not force your opinion on me. I shall decide at my peril and risk; that is enough and for the law to interfere would be tyranny.

Está en la naturaleza de los hombres el reaccionar contra la iniquidad de que sean víctimas. Así, pues, cuando la expoliación está organizada por la ley, en beneficio de las clases que la dictan, todas las clases expoliadas tienden por vías pacíficas o revolucionarias a tener alguna participación en la confección de las leyes. Tales clases, según sea el grado de esclarecimiento a que hayan llegado, pueden proponerse dos finalidades muy diferentes al perseguir la conquista de sus derechos políticos: o quieren hacer cesar la expoliación legal, o aspiran a participar en dicha expoliación. ¡Desgraciadas, tres veces desgraciadas las naciones en las cuales sea este último pensamiento el que predomine en las masas en el momento en que a su vez se apoderen de la facultad de legislar!

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I wish someone would offer a prize — not of a hundred francs, but of a million, with crowns, medals and ribbons — for a good, simple and intelligible definition of the word “Government.” What an immense service it would confer on society!

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