On the record
Are not all these propositions so self-evident, or so easily demonstrated, that they cannot, with any reason, be disputed?
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Lysander Spooner
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Editor's note · Context
Spooner challenges the reader to recognize the self-evidence of his propositions regarding economic rights.
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