It is not because men have made laws that personality, libe… - Frédéric Bastiat

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It is not because men have made laws that personality, liberty, and property exist. On the contrary, it is because personality, liberty, and property exist beforehand, that men make laws.

Frédéric Bastiat

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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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