Lysander Spooner: “The language wherein the oath is penned is known and understood by every man, and the words in it have the same…”

What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.