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Here was a government that had never had any legitimate existence.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Here was a government that had never had any legitimate existence.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner boldly claims that the government in question has never had legitimate existence.
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