Part of: Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. 7 vols Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Bastiat, 3rd ed. vol. 4 Sophismes économiques et Petits pamphlets I
- Frédéric Bastiat (author)
- Prosper Paillottet (editor)
Volume IV of Bastiat’s collected writings in 7 volumes, which contains 1st and 2nd series of essays called Economic Sophisms in which Bastiat tries to refute some of the most common misunderstandings about the free market, and some of his lengthier pamphlets such as The State and The Law.
Key Quotes
The State
L'État, c'est la grande fiction à travers laquelle Tout Le Monde s'efforce de vivre aux dépens de Tout Le Monde. (The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.)