In his 1850 essay The Law, Bastiat railed against socialism, and argued that legitimate law isn’t just the will of politicians, but instead is based on protecting the natural rights of individuals. You can see inspiration in these views from Locke, Jefferson, Paine and more.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: April 26, 2024

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Thomas Paine – Common Sense (10 Jan 1776)

Constitution Full Text

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 83

John Jay – Address to the People of New York (1788)

James Madison – Letter to Henry Lee (1 Jan 1792)

Maryland Farmer No. 3, Part 1 (7 Mar 1788)

Samuel Adams – An address to the constituents of Massachusetts Bay Colony detailing the newly completed Massachusetts constitution (1780)

John Dickinson – Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania No. VI (1767)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Isaac H. Tiffany (4 Apr 1819)

Samuel Adams – The Rights of the Colonists (20 Nov 1772)

John Locke – Two Treatises §. 141

John Locke – Two Treatises §. 201

Algernon Sidney – Discourses Concerning Government (1698)

John Locke – Two Treatises §. 202

Paul Meany – An Introduction to Bastiat’s The Law

Bastiat – The Law

Benjamin Franklin – Philadelphia Conventiuon (2 June 1787)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Gideon Granger (13 Aug 1800)

James Madison – Speech in the House of Representatives (10 Jan 1794)

Thomas Paine – Common Sense (1776)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Francis W. Gilmer (7 June 1816)

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