On the record
On the contrary, they hold that, in comparison with the preservation of the government, all the rights of the people to property, liberty, and life are worthless things, not to be regarded.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner criticizes the Supreme Court's prioritization of government preservation over individual rights.
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Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
If the authority be vested in the government, the governmnt is absolute, and the people have no liberties except such as the government sees fit to indulge them with.