Thursday, April 26, 2007

A Fundamental Truth

From the Gobalisation Institue, quoting Bastiat:

"Either fraternity is spontaneous, or it does not exist. To decree it is to annihilate it. The law can indeed force men to remain just; in vain would it would try to force them to be self-sacrificing." - Frederic Bastiat, Journal des Economistes

There are men I wish would stand still for forty days and contemplate this statement.

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