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Each of us has a natural right – from God – to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and … - Frédéric Bastiat
" "Each of us has a natural right – from God – to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of our faculties?
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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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Claude Frédéric Bastiat
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Frederic Bastiat
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