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Certainly not because they have such an intense compassion for their own laborers, that they are willing to rob everybody else, rich and poor, for their benefit.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Certainly not because they have such an intense compassion for their own laborers, that they are willing to rob…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner argues that employers do not advocate for protection out of compassion for workers.
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