"But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime."

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Source : Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.18, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

Frederic Bastiat

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“And if people do like me, I think it's because I'm a stand-up guy.”
“A lot of people get flipped out if you're quiet. They say stuff like, What are you thinking? And if they don't start interrogating you, they start talking, going on and on about stuff that's totally irrelevant, and the silence gets so big and loud that it's scary.”

Source : A.M. Homes (2012). “Jack”, p.179, Granta Books
“The Olympics are every four years and I think every athlete who competes in the Olympics wants the gold medal, and I think that's what the World Cup is for a rugby player - it's the gold medal.”
“Yes, victory is sweet, but it doesn't necessarily make life any easier the next season or even the next day.”
“I believe what makes cooking in Las Vegas different from cooking in most other cities are the guests that dine with you in Las Vegas.”

Source : "Michael Mina: Las Vegas Dining Isn’t About the 99-Cent Buffet Anymore". Interview with Anneli Rufus, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 13, 2013.
“Politics is like roller skating. You go partly where you want to go, and partly where the damn things take you.”
“In all our actions, God considers the intention: whether we act for Him or for some other motive.”
“If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!”

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