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The holders of this monopoly now rule and rob this nation; and the government, in all its branches, is simply their tool.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The holders of this monopoly now rule and rob this nation; and the government, in all its branches, is simply their…”
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Spooner accuses the holders of the money monopoly of ruling and exploiting the nation through their control.
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