Frederic Bastiat Quotes:
Ocupation: Economist
Life: June 30, 1801 - December 24, 1850
Birthday: June 30
Death: December 24
The state tends to expand in proportion to its means of existence and to live beyond its means, and these are, in the last analysis, nothing but the substance of the people. Woe to the people that cannot limit the sphere of action of the state! Freedom, private enterprise, wealth, happiness, independence, personal dignity, all vanish.
topic: Mean, People, Voting, Private Enterprise
