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ENGLISH is the international language of law and commerce. Knowing FRENCH is useful for understanding LEGAL ENGLISH, but FRENCH is not the international language of law and commerce, so we will ignore French speakers who speak to us in the language of a conquered people.

Non.

I understand that you are a proud Québécois, but the people here have nothing but contempt for you because of decades of transfer payments and NONE OF YOU understanding what Quebec sovereignty means. None of you know who Russell Rogers Smith is, and you're too proud and arrogant to teach. Just go away and be Retardier somewhere else.

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The Law

Frédéric Bastiat

1850 · Ludwig von Mises Institute edition, 2007

Bastiat's argument that law exists to protect each person's life, liberty and property, and that it becomes “legal plunder” when it is used to take from some for the benefit of others.

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Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) wrote The Law in 1850, the year he died. He asks what law is for, and answers that it is the collective organisation of each person’s right to defend themselves, their liberty and their property. When law is turned to taking from some people for the benefit of others, he calls it legal plunder.

This edition, with a 2007 copyright, is published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, which offers the PDF free. The link opens their copy.