This term in its particular application means “that dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in exclusion of every other individual.” In its larger and juster meaning, it embraces every thing to which a man may attach a value and have a right; and which leaves to every [...]
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James Madison on Property, 1792.
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Frederic Bastiat, Must Read Posts From “The Law”
Inaugural Post – Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Frederic Bastiat, Statesman, Essayist and Economist, was a renowned champion of individual freedom. In 1850 he published his most famous and enduring work, “The Law.” Bastiat, like others, recognized that the greatest single threat to liberty is government. Like the signers of our Declaration of [...]
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