Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.” ~ Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) [Claude Frederic Bastiat] French economist, statesman, and author. He did most of his writing during the years just before -- and immediately following -- the French Revolution of February 1848Source: "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)http://liberty-tree.ca/research/TheLaw