Imagine a state of affairs in which, for each man killed in action, two spring from the ground full of strength and energy. If there is a planet wher… - Frédéric Bastiat

And what is this liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world?

because we desire to see those activities, on the one hand free, and on the other seeking their own reward in themselves. Thus, if we think that the State should not interfere by subsidies in religious affairs, we are atheists. If we think the State ought not to interfere by subsidies in education, we are hostile to knowledge. If we say that the State ought not by subsidies to give a fictitious value to land, or to any particular branch of industry, we are enemies to property and labor. If we think that the State ought not to support artists, we are barbarians, who look upon the arts as useless.

When two workmen run after one master, wages fall; they rise when two masters run after one workman.