Frédéric Bastiat

Claude Frédéric Bastiat (30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French economist, political philosopher, and legislator. He is widely regarded as one of the most eloquent champions of classical liberalism—limited government, free markets, and individual liberty—that the world has ever known.

«Ce n'est pas parce que les hommes ont édicté des Lois que la Personnalité, la Liberté et la Propriété existent. Au contraire, c'est parce que la Personnalité, la Liberté et la Propriété préexistent que les hommes font des Lois.»

"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."

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Claude Frédéric Bastiat (30 June 1801 – 24 December 1850) was a French economist, political philosopher, and legislator. He is widely regarded as one of the most eloquent champions of classical liberalism—limited government, free markets, and individual liberty—that the world has ever known.

«Ce n'est pas parce que les hommes ont édicté des Lois que la Personnalité, la Liberté et la Propriété existent. Au contraire, c'est parce que la Personnalité, la Liberté et la Propriété préexistent que... (read more)