Mises Daily
Author:
Claude Frédéric Bastiat
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A man (and the same thing may be said of a people) may procure the means of existence in two ways,—by creating them, or by stealing them. Each of these two great sources of acquisition presents a variety of methods. We may create the means of existence by the chase, by fishing, by agriculture, etc. We may steal them by breach of trust, by