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If Philanthropy Is Not Voluntary, It Destroys Liberty And Justice. The Law Can Give Nothing That Has Not First Been Taken From Its Owner.

In An Economy, An Act, A Habit, An Institution, Or A Law, Gives Birth Not Only To An Effect, But To A Series Of Effects. Of These Effects, The First Only Is Immediate; It Manifests Itself Simultaneously With Its Cause - It Is Seen. The Others Unfold In Succession - They Are Not Seen. Now This Difference Is Enormous, For It Is Often True That When The Immediate Consequence Is Favorable, The Ultimate Consequences Are Fatal, And The Converse.

[to Learn] Is To Harness Nature; To Spare Man All That Is Most Physical, Backbreaking, And Brutish In The Work Of Production; To Make Mind Master Over Matter.

Thus, If There Exists A Law Which Sanctions Slavery Or Monopoly, Oppression Or Robbery, In Any Form Whatever, It Must Not Even Be Mentioned. For How Can It Be Mentioned Without Damaging The Respect Which It Inspires? Still Further, Morality And Political Economy Must Be Taught From The Point Of View Of This Law; From The Supposition That It Must Be A Just Law Merely Because It Is A Law. Another Effect Of This Tragic Perversion Of The Law Is That It Gives An Exaggerated Importance To Political Passions And Conflicts, And To Politics In General.

When Under The Pretext Of Fraternity, The Legal Code Imposes Mutual Sacrifices On The Citizens, Human Nature Is Not Thereby Abrogated. Everyone Will Then Direct His Efforts Toward Contributing Little To, And Taking Much From, The Common Fund Of Sacrifices. Now, Is It The Most Unfortunate Who Gains From This Struggle? Certainly Not, But Rather The Most Influential And Calculating.