Lysander Spooner Quotes

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

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

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

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

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Lysander Spooner Quotes

Type: Philosopher Quotes Category: American Philosopher Quotes Date of Birth: January 19, 1808 Date of Death: May 14, 1887 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Lysander Spooner Related Authors: Deepak Chopra John Dewey George Santayana William James Mortimer Adler Robert M. Pirsig Judith Butler Allan Bloom Andrew Bernstein	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 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 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 The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. Lysander Spooner