Thanks so much for this quote:
“It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.” - Bastiat
Which treatise did it come from?
From “The Law”....here....
http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html#SECTION_G726
FReeper raygun provided the link a couple of years ago (on the state [Michigan] board IIRC). I had heard the name “Bastiat” before but was not familiar with any of his work. I consider him one of the greatest thinkers I have ever read.
Interestingly I was never exposed or directed to this thinker in my 16+ years of public education or in all the years listening to conservative talkers.