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Lysander Spooner Quotes

Lysander Spooner quotes

American Philosopher January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887

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That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support. Lysander Spooner
And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract—the Constitution—made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations of men, consisting of many millions, and which (it is claimed) will be binding upon all the millions that are to come; but which nobody ever signed, sealed, delivered, witnessed, or acknowledged; and which few persons, compared with the whole... Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner quote: "The only security men can have for their political liberty,..."
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. Lysander Spooner
If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law. Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner quote: "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new..."
A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Lysander Spooner
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner quote: "Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to..."
Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it. Lysander Spooner

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