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Frederic Bastiat Quotes

Frederic Bastiat quotes about good

French Economist June 30, 1801 – December 24, 1850

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If the natural tendencies of mankind are so bad that it is not safe to permit people to be free, how is it that the tendencies of these organizers are always good? Do not the legislators and their appointed agents also belong to the human race? Or do they believe that they themselves are made of a finer clay than the rest of mankind? Frederic Bastiat
Trade protection accumulates upon a single point the good which it effects, while the evil inflicted is infused throughout the mass. The one strikes the eye at a first glance, while the other becomes perceptible only to close investigation. Frederic Bastiat
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. Frederic Bastiat
Frederic Bastiat quote: "When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will."
When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. Frederic Bastiat
Frederic Bastiat quote: "The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be..."
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. Frederic Bastiat

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