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But the right of every man to do anything, and everything, which justice does not forbid him to do, is a natural, inherent, inalienable right.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “But the right of every man to do anything, and everything, which justice does not forbid him to do, is a natural…”
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Spooner defines the right to act freely as a natural and inalienable right, limited only by justice.
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