Lysander Spooner: “Though the words contain the law, the words themselves are not the…”

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Though the words contain the law, the words themselves are not the law.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner asserts that written words alone do not constitute law without proper interpretation.

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They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.

They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.

On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.

They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.

Lysander Spooner: “Though the words contain the law, the words themselves are not the law.”