to say that the aim of the law is to cause justice to reign, is to use an expression that is not rigorously exact. It ought to be said, the aim of th… - Frédéric Bastiat

In fact, it is not justice which has an existence of its own, it is injustice. The one results from the absence of the other.

When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.

La estereotipación del pensamiento conforta y consuela. El extremista afán de lucir como hombre moderado, arbitrador de divergencias, como personalidad agradable a toda costa, cohíbe e inhibe la curiosidad mental; hacerse solidario de la opinión pública da sensación de seguridad.

And let it not be said, as it continually is, that the law, in this sense, would be atheistic, individual, and heartless, and that it would make mankind wear its own image. This is an absurd conclusion, quite worthy of the governmental infatuation which sees mankind in the law.