What did Frederic Bastiat mean by: When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. Frederic Bastiat Economist · France Copy
+ Repetition may not entertain, but it teaches. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Improvement, Learning, Persistence, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Exchange, Interconnectedness, Prosperity, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Defense, Property, Rights, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Business, Power, Strength, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
+ If you wish to prosper, let your customer prosper. Author, October 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Business, Mutualism, Success, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
+ Taking Five and Returning Four is not Giving Author, September 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Fairness, Generosity, Reciprocity, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism – including, of course, legal despotism? Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Despotism, Legalism, Liberty, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, Frederic Bastiat, Freedom, Frugality, Peace, 0 Frederic Bastiat Economist · France
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. Jean Genet Playwright · France