The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.
Tags: philosophy, libertarian, liberal, history, government, france, bastiat

Other Quotes by "Frederic Bastiat"

And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?
Tags: travel, world, heart, education
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?
Tags: liberty, only, injustice, law
Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.
Tags: right, liberty, person, god
They will come to learn in the end, at their own expense, that it is better to endure competition for rich customers than to be invested with monopoly over impoverished customers.
Tags: will, rich, better, competition
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else.
Tags: which, everyone, live, great
View More by "Frederic Bastiat"