Author(s): Frederic Bastiat
Publisher: Foundation for Economic Education
Pages: 79
Binding: Paperback
A timeless classic. Anybody who cares about being free should read this book. The purpose of law, Bastiat passionately argues, is not to regulate our minds and our bodies. Instead, the purpose of law is to allow us to be free. We need law to protect us from the initiation of force, fraud, or contract violation. But nobody, including the government itself, has a right to initiate force against us in the name of "compassion," duty, or any other rationalization for control. What a far cry from today's massive welfare-regulatory state!