Frederic Bastiat Quotes:
Ocupation: Economist
Life: June 30, 1801 - December 24, 1850
Birthday: June 30
Death: December 24
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
source: Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.6, Cosimo, Inc.
topic: Men, Law, Liberty, Property Rights, Private Property, Property Ownership, Voting Founding Fathers, Economic Freedom
