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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Tue Jun 19, 2012, 02:02 PM Jun 2012

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When plunder becomes a way of life... [View all]

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.

Frederic Bastiat - 1850

More here: http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/frederic+bastiat

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When plunder becomes a way of life... [View all] WillyT Jun 2012 OP

Excellent quote! ... basically what we see here in the US, glorification of plunder! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #1

An examination of context might be in order Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #7

Thanks!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #9

Even a stopped watch...? But thank you for this. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2012 #10

It depends when the watch stopped Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #11

Welfare that can't be sustained, that keeps people in a subservient position, never did jtuck004 Jun 2012 #12

"I agree with your analysis, however." Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #13

I thought your post was great and right on point. jtuck004 Jun 2012 #14

And... I Can See Conservatives Claiming Him As One Of Their Own... But... WillyT Jun 2012 #15

interesting quote grasswire Jun 2012 #2

I think this is something severely missing in America. RKP5637 Jun 2012 #3

And we have done nothing else since reagan. K&R Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #4

+1. HiPointDem Jun 2012 #8

In a world run by liars, cheats, thieves and criminals, those at the top won't rest until it's all theirs . Initech Jun 2012 #5

Well Said Indeed, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2012 #6

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