gavel Legal Plunder
The use of law to take from some and give to others
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"The law perverted! And the police powers of the state perverted along with it! The law, I say, not only turned from its proper purpose but made to follow a purpose exactly contrary! The law become the instrument of every kind of greed, instead of being its check!"
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View Full Quote"When a portion of wealth passes from the person who possesses it, without his consent and without compensation, to anyone who does not possess it, whether by force or by fraud, I say that property is violated, that plunder is committed."
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View Full QuoteView Full Quote"Because it's always so attractive to be able to do good at somebody else's expense. That's the real problem of our government. Government is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else. I'm just repeating what Bastiat said two centuries ago."
View Full Quote"It is a sharing of plunder, not a gift, the state is not the legitimate owner of what it has taken from the taxpayer."