Frédéric Bastiat

Frédéric Bastiat (June 30 , 1801 – December 24 , 1850 ) was an early capitalist economist and classical liberal author.

Table of contents

1 Sourced 1.1 On political economy 1.2 On jurisprudence 2 External links

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On political economy

• "The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else."
  • The State in Selected Essays on Political Economy, par. 5.20

• "By virtue of exchange, one man's prosperity is beneficial to all others."
  • Economic Harmonies, par. 4.110

• "The profit of the one is the profit of the other."
  • Economic Harmonies, par. 4.118

On jurisprudence

• "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."
  • The Law, par. L.31

• "No legal plunder: This is the principle of justice, peace, order, stability, harmony, and logic. Until the day of my death, I shall proclaim this principle with all the force of my lungs (which alas! is all too inadequate)."
  • The Law, par. L.77

External links

• Bastiat.org publishes or indexes all about Bastiat