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 mank… - Frédéric Bastiat

Esta funesta inclinación nace de la constitución misma del hombre, de ese sentimiento primitivo, universal, invencible, que lo empuja hacia el bienestar y lo hace huir de la incomodidad, el esfuerzo y el dolor.

While mankind tends toward evil, the legislators yearn for good; while mankind advances toward darkness, the legislators aspire for enlightenment; while mankind is drawn toward vice, the legislators are attracted toward virtue. Since they have decided that this is the true state of affairs, they then demand the use of force in order to substitute their own inclinations for those of the human race.

We now observe this fatal idea: The people who, during the election, were so wise, so moral, and so perfect, now have no tendencies whatever; or if they have any, they are tendencies that lead downward into degradation.