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When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
Approximate author period: c. 1825 AD · industrial
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- Frédéric Bastiat
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- Approximate author period: c. 1825 AD · industrial
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