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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else
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"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else"

- Frederic Bastiat

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This quote by Frederic Bastiat recommends that federal government is a tool utilized by individuals to take advantage of others. He suggests that people use government to obtain what they desire without needing to spend for it. This is done by taking sources from others and using them for their own advantage. This quote implies that federal government is a device made use of by individuals to manipulate others and also make the most of them. It recommends that individuals utilize federal government to obtain what they desire without needing to spend for it. This quote is a warning against the abuse of government and a suggestion that it must be used for the advantage of all, not simply a few. It is a pointer that federal government need to be made use of to promote justice and also fairness, not to make use of others.

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France Flag This quote is written / told by Frederic Bastiat between June 30, 1801 and December 24, 1850. He/she was a famous Economist from France. The author also have 7 other quotes.

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