Lysander Spooner: “Any law--made by lawmakers--that should give to any man more liberty than is given him by the law of justice, would be a…”

They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.

On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.

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.

They acknowledge it to be our unquestioned right and duty to kill them, if we can; that they expect nothing else, than that we will kill them, if we can; and that we are only fools and cowards, if we do not kill them, by any and every…