Book · 2019 · Law
The Law
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You've got to read frederick basia the law.
The best things said about it
I began looking around and then I read the law - my favorite of all them was bossy is my favorite that was the simplest and the one that identified with the most still my favorite.
I like to read John Stewart like mirrors like on Liberty and basti as the law.
Yeonmi Park The Shawn Ryan Show · Apr 2023 Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
Why people recommend it
The Law by Frédéric Bastiat is a classic political pamphlet that examines individual rights, the proper function of government, and the dangers of legal plunder. Allen West recommended Bastiat's work on Timcast IRL as an essential text for understanding foundational political philosophy. Yeonmi Park discussed reading the book on The Shawn Ryan Show and The Rubin Report, including it among the works that deeply shaped her understanding of liberty after arriving in the United States. Larry Sharpe similarly named Bastiat's work as his absolute favorite book discovered after joining the Libertarian Party, praising its simplicity and clarity in defining liberty during his appearances on The Rubin Report. Across these different podcast discussions, guests frequently highlighted the text for its accessible yet profound defense of personal freedom, limited government, and the rule of law against state overreach. The book continues to be celebrated by commentators and political figures as a timeless guide for evaluating economic freedom and the moral boundaries of legislative power.
Every mention
Allen West you've got to read frederick basia the law 1
“you've got to read frederick basia the law”
Larry Sharpe I began looking around and then I read the law - my favorite of all them was bossy is my favorite that was… 2
“I began looking around and then I read the law - my favorite of all them was bossy is my favorite that was the simplest and the one that identified with the most still my favorite”
“so that's when I joined them I began looking around and then I read the law - my favorite of all them was bossy is my favorite”
Yeonmi Park I like to read John Stewart like mirrors like on Liberty and basti as the law 2
“I like to read John Stewart like mirrors like on Liberty and basti as the law”
“And they were like, "What do you like?" I said, "I love to read Bastiat's, 'The Law', John Stuart Mill, 'On Liberty'."”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“If you watch any kind of procedural TV, you watch Law and Order, you watch the Sopranos, the Sopran, you know, Tony Sopranos got a dirty cop who's, you know, you know, in the hole for, you know, some gambling debt and they run license plates for them, right?”