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.
Tag: Frederic Bastiat
(1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author
State expense
Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.
Natural rights
Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.
The fiction of government
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.