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Lysander Spooner: “And they deny it for their own benefit solely, and not for the benefit of their laborers.”

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And they deny it for their own benefit solely, and not for the benefit of their laborers.
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Lysander Spooner

Editor's note · Context

Spooner emphasizes that the denial of trade rights serves only the interests of the powerful.

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