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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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