"Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

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It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds.

— Frederic Bastiat