On the record
If such is the real character of the constitution, can any further proof be required of the necessity that it be buried out of sight at once and forever?
Said by
Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “If such is the real character of the constitution, can any further proof be required of the necessity that it be buried…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner argues for the immediate abolition of the constitution if it embodies such detrimental characteristics.
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They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.
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 of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.
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.