Frédéric Bastiat citáty

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„Neupírám socialistům jejich právo na vymýšlení sociálních konstrukcí, na jejich propagaci, obhajobu a na jejich zkoušení na sobě samých na své vlastní riziko. Upírám jim ale jejich právo na vnucování těchto projektů prostřednictvím zákona – mocí – a na to, aby nás nutili platit jim na ně prostřednictvím daní.“

„Existuje jen jeden rozdíl mezi špatnou a dobrou ekonomií: špatná se omezí jen na viditelný užitek, kdežto dobrá ekonomie bere do úvahy i ty účinky, které nejsou vidět a které musejí být pouze předvídány.“

“It is a rather singular argument to maintain that, because an abuse which has been permitted a temporary existence, cannot be corrected without wounding the interests of those who have profited by it, it ought, therefore, to claim perpetual duration.”

“Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all. We disapprove of state education. Then the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Then the socialists say that we want no religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Then they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.”