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Quotation from The Law by Frédéric Bastiat
“it is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defence.”
The Law, Section 'What, then, is law?', trans. Anonymous (Putnam, 1874)
Bastiat's definition of law, from which his limits on legislation follow.
Citation: "it is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defence." — Frédéric Bastiat, The Law, Section 'What, then, is law?', trans. Anonymous (Putnam, 1874). (id bastiat-the-law-q4)
Portrait: Bastiat, Émile Desmaisons. Lithograph by Auguste-Hilaire Léveillé., Public domain.
