Lysander Spooner Quotes

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

Government, Another, Whether

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.
Lysander Spooner

Once, Less, Choose

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

Government, Honest, Support

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.
Lysander Spooner

Money, Men, Political

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

Government, Judge, Justice

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: January 19, 1808

Died: May 14, 1887

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