Lysander Spooner: “Neither faction cared anything for human rights then, and neither of them has shown any regard for human rights since.”

They do not tell us that we are the freest and happiest people on earth, inasmuch as each of our male adults is allowed one voice in ten millions in the choice of the men, who are to rob, enslave, and murder us.

In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.

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.

On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.