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A man has the same natural right to traffic with another, who lives on the opposite side of the globe, as he has to traffic with his next-door neighbor.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “A man has the same natural right to traffic with another, who lives on the opposite side of the globe, as he has to…”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that individuals have the same natural right to trade globally as they do locally.
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