It is indeed a singular thing that people wish to pass laws to nullify…

Frederic Bastiat
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It is indeed a singular thing that people wish to pass laws to nullify the disagreeable consequences that the law of responsibility entails. Will they never realize that they do not eliminate these consequences but merely pass them along to other people? The result is one injustice the more and one moral the less.
Humanity Politics
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