On the record
Discussion can do nothing to prevent the enactment, or procure the repeal, of unjust laws, unless it be understood that, the discussion is to be followed by resistance.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that mere discussion is insufficient to effect change unless it leads to active resistance against unjust laws.
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