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Lysander Spooner: A good government, no more than a bad one, has any right to live by robbery, murder, or any other crime.

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A good government, no more than a bad one, has any right to live by robbery, murder, or any other crime.
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Lysander Spooner

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He states that both good and bad governments lack the right to sustain themselves through immoral actions.

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