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This is to suppose that he has retained no rights at all, that he can, at any time, claim as his own, as against the government.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “This is to suppose that he has retained no rights at all, that he can, at any time, claim as his own, as against the…”
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This statement emphasizes the danger of assuming one has no rights left after surrendering them to the government.
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They do not tell us of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.
When they have once taken our money, they have the decency to get out of our sight as soon as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us.
They do not tell us that we are the freest and happiest people on earth, inasmuch as each of our male adults is allowed one voice in ten millions in the choice of the men, who are to rob, enslave, and murder us.