In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination… - Frédéric Bastiat

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In fact, if law were restricted to protecting all persons, all liberties, and all properties; if law were nothing more than the organized combination of the individual's right to self defense; if law were the obstacle, the check, the punisher of all oppression and plunder — is it likely that we citizens would then argue much about the extent of the franchise?