Frederic Bastiat Quotes About Philanthropy

Quotes about: Philanthropy

• If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Taken, Law, Giving

• The law has been perverted through the influence of two very different causes-naked greed and misconceived philanthropy.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Law, Two, Greed

• The law is the collective organization of the individual's right to lawful defense of his life, liberty and property. When it is used for anything else, no matter how noble the cause, it becomes perverted and justice is weakened. Thus, the law has become perverted by stupid greed and false philanthropy.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Stupid, Law, Organization

• Legal plunder has two roots: One, as we have just seen, is in human selfishness; the other is in false philanthropy.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Two, Roots, Justice

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