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It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property. The Existence Of Persons And Property Preceded The Existence Of The Legislator, And His Function Is Only To Guarantee Their Safety.

Government Is The Great Fiction, Through Which Everybody Endeavors To Live At The Expense Of Everybody Else.

Socialism, Like The Ancient Ideas From Which It Springs, Confuses The Distinction Between Government And Society. As A Result Of This, Every Time We Object To A Thing Being Done By Government, The Socialists Conclude That We Object To Its Being Done At All . . . . It Is As If The Socialists Were To Accuse Us Of Not Wanting Persons To Eat Because We Do Not Want The State To Raise Grain

Everyone Wants To Live At The Expense Of The State. They Forget That The State Wants To Live At The Expense Of Everyone.

The Law Can Be An Instrument Of Equalization Only As It Takes From Some Persons And Gives To Other Persons. When The Law Does This, It Is An Instrument Of Plunder.