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Lysander Spooner
 
Name:   Lysander Spooner
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jan 19, 1808
 
Date of Death:   May 14,  1887
 
Profession:   Philosopher
 
 
 
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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.
 
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The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.
 
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A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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