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The denial of any one of these rights is therefore equivalent to a denial of all the others.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The denial of any one of these rights is therefore equivalent to a denial of all the others.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner emphasizes the interconnectedness of rights, arguing that denying one right undermines all others.
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