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And yet our government is absurd enough to assume that a man can be protected in his rights, after he has surrendered them altogether into other hands than his own.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And yet our government is absurd enough to assume that a man can be protected in his rights, after he has surrendered…”
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Spooner critiques the absurdity of believing one can be protected in their rights after surrendering them to others.
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Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?