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It is a right indispensable to every man's highest happiness; and to every man's power of judging and determining for himself what will, and what will not, promote his happiness.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that the right to self-determination is essential for individual happiness.
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On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.
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