Frédéric Bastiat：Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 379

My object was to interrogate these plain, simple people as to the manner in which they are, or believe themselves to be, affected by the policy of protection. The president pointed out that this would be infringing to some extent on the fundamental conditions of the Association. For in France, this land of liberty, people who associate give up their right to talk politics--in other words, their right to discuss their common interests. However, after some hesitation, he agreed to include the question in the order of the day.

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