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They thus get much higher prices for their agricultural products, and also a much greater variety and amount of manufactured commodities in exchange.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “They thus get much higher prices for their agricultural products, and also a much greater variety and amount of…”
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He discusses the benefits of a system that allows for higher prices for agricultural products and a greater variety of manufactured goods.
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They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.
They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.
They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.