When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. - Frédéric Bastiat

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When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.

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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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Uma “ditadura” não precisa envolver um ditador efetivo. Tudo o que era necessário, dizia Bastiat, eram “as leis”, promulgadas por um Congresso ou um Parlamento, que produzissem o mesmo efeito: conformidade forçada.

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