In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.
Frederic BastiatYou compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask yourself where this rain comes from, and whether it is not precisely the tax that draws the moisture from the soil and dries it up. You should also ask yourself further whether the soil receives more of this precious water from the rain than it loses by the evaporation?
Frederic BastiatThe politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder.
Frederic BastiatProperty does not exist because there are laws, but laws exist because there is property.
Frederic Bastiat