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The evil of legalizing theft

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.

Author Greg RavenPosted on April 24, 2012November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories taxationTags Frederic Bastiat

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