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If it really exists for that purpose, it is plainly bound to make each kind of property pay its proper proportion, and only its proper proportion, of the cost of protecting all kinds.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that government must ensure fair taxation across all property types.
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The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
There is no more absurdity in giving a jury a veto upon the laws, than there is in giving a veto to each of these other tribunals.
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