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" was an American individualist anarchism/individualist anarchist, political philosopher, Deism/Deist, Unitarian Abolitionism in the United States/abolitionist, supporter of the Labour movement/labor movement, Jurisprudence/legal theorist, and entrepreneur of the nineteenth century. He is also known for competing with the United States Postal Service/U.S. Post Office with his American Letter Mail Company, which was forced out of business by the Federal government of the United States/United States federal government.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous philosophers! More Lysander Spooner on Wikipedia.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.
The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.
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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