Claude Frédéric Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost, and for penning the influential Parable of the Broken Window. His ideas have gone on to provide a foundational basis for libertarian and the Austrian schools of thought.
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. government
Is not liberty the destruction of all despotism - including, of course, legal despotism? legal
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. great
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 quotes from William Blake
32 quotes from William Blake
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 other wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer
6 other wisdom & wit from Franz Grillparzer
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 quotes from Storm Jameson
2 quotes from Storm Jameson
To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 other views from Victor Hugo
73 other views from Victor Hugo