Cover: Prise de la Bastille ("The Storming of the Bastille"); 1789. Painting by Jean-Pierre Hoiiel (1735-1813). Permission was obtained from the Bibliothèque nationale de France for its use. Anyone building a personal library of liberty must include in it a copy of Frédéric Bastiat's classic essay, "The Law." First published in 1850 by the great French economist and journalist, it is as clear a statement as has ever been made of the original American ideal of government, as proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, that the main purpose of any government is the protection of the lives, liberties, and property of its citizens.…
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