Note 86 — Chapter I · : THE PHYSIOCRATS
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“That is an abominable absurdity,” says Baudeau, “for on this reckoning a mere majority vote would be sufficient to justify parricide.”
Is it necessary to point out that this is exactly the reverse of the view held by interventionists and socialists of these later times, who think that the mission of the State is to redress the grievances caused by natural laws?