Lysander Spooner: “There is nothing genuine, nothing real, nothing true, nothing honest, to be found in any of them.”

When they have once taken our money, they have the decency to get out of our sight as soon as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us.

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

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.

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