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It had been carried on, for some seventy years, by a mere cabal of irresponsible men, called lawmakers.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “It had been carried on, for some seventy years, by a mere cabal of irresponsible men, called lawmakers.”
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Spooner describes the government as being run by a small group of irresponsible lawmakers for decades.
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They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
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.
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.