Bastiat Wisdom

Here is a great quote from the famous French Economist.

The State will always act through means of force, imposing its services, and determining the services people must pay in return under the form of taxes. The problem then boils down to this: What sorts of things do men have a right to impose on their fellow men by resorting to force? I have no right to compel anybody whatever to be religious, charitable, earned, or industrious. But I have a right to compel him to be just…. Precisely because governmental action implies resorting to force such actions must be essentially limited to maintaining order, security, and justice (The State, p40).

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