“Sometimes the law defends plunder and participates in it. Sometimes the law places the whole apparatus of judges, police, prisons and gendarmes at the service of the plunderers, and treats the victim - when he defends himself - as a criminal.”
French economist and a prominent figure in the classical liberal tradition. Born on June 30, 1801, and died on December 24, 1850. His writings had a profound impact on economics and political philosophy. more
“Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.”
“It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.”
“I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.”