The Law

The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc 107 page PDF file ^ | 1850 | Frederic Bastiat (Foreword by Walter E. Williams Introduction by Richard Ebeling)

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(Excerpts from the introduction)

I must have been forty years old before reading Frederic Bastiat's classic The Law. An anonymous person, to whom I shall eternally be in debt, mailed me an unsolicited copy.

Reading Bastiat made me keenly aware of all the time wasted, along with the frustrations of going down one blind alley after another organizing my philosophy of life. "The Law" ... created order in my thinking about liberty and just human conduct.

Bastiat's greatest contribution is that he took the discourse out of the ivory tower and made ideas on liberty so clear that even the unlettered can understand them....

Clarity is crucial to persuading our fellow man of the moral superiority of personal liberty....

Bastiat recognized the single greatest threat to liberty is government. Notice the clarity he employs to help identify and understand evil government acts such as legalized plunder.

"See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whomit does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen cannot do himself without committing a crime." With such an accurate description of legalized plunder, we cannot deny the conclusion that most government activities, including ours, are legalized plunder or... legalized theft.

No finer statements of natural or God-given rights have been made than those found in our Declaration of Independence or "The Law"

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By using "The Law", which on its face is non partisan, I have converted hundreds of liberals into conservatives. It is a quick read. The conclusions are inescapable. Government never creates wealth, government can only redistribute or destroy wealth. Without a profit motive no wealth can ever be created. Use this little book to turn your liberal friends into conservatives. This is the best sneak attack against a liberal Mind. If he reads this book before he understands in full the implications he will be forced to turn against socialism which is just another word for what liberals think they believe. Liberals are really just conservatives who lack information and need a little help with their logic.

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A clear mind is open. Well thought principles stand. Modern liberalism is mostly an inner city oriented phenomenon in this country. More pollution, less actual effort. Some can be reached.

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“A clear mind is open. Well thought principles stand. Modern liberalism is mostly an inner city oriented phenomenon in this country. More pollution, less actual effort. Some can be reached.”

People are people. All have eyes, ears, and brains. A clear, easy to understand explanation can reach nearly everyone. Simpler minds merely require simpler teaching.

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Leave no one behind if possible. I'm a gen Xer, my generation does not look good. Chemical pollution has affected many. Physical damage. Flame me if you feel like it.

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