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Laissez faire   /lˈeɪzˌeɪ fɛr/   Listen
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Laissez faire  n.  Noninterference; an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system of government.






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"Laissez faire" Quotes from Famous Books



... may be said that the farmers' organizations and parties stood for increased governmental activity; they scorned the economic and political doctrine of laissez faire; they believed that the people's governments could and should be used in many ways for promoting the welfare of the people, for assuring social justice, and for restoring or preserving economic as well as political equality. They ...
— The Agrarian Crusade - A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics • Solon J. Buck

... laborers to be hired by the week; statute of, re-enacted in 1405; statute of Elizabeth, 1562; statute of, extended to London city; confirmed under James I; fixed prices of victuals; laborers not to be imported into State of Oklahoma. Laissez faire school (see Individualism) Land system of tenure before the conquest; allodial in United States; subject to eminent domain. Lassalle, doctrine of, anticipated; ideas of, in modern socialism. Lateran council, abolishes trial by ordeal. Laundries, regulation of, ...
— Popular Law-making • Frederic Jesup Stimson

... je sais bien que vous l'aimez: c'est a cause de cela que je ne vous ecoute pas. Etes-vous en etat de juger de rien? Allons, allons, vous vous moquez. Laissez faire un homme de sang-froid. Partez, d'autant plus que voici Marton qui vient a propos, et que je vais tacher d'amuser,[131] en ...
— A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux • Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux



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