That no government, so call... by Lysander Spooner, an American Philosopher

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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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Lysander Spooner

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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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