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It also enables the weaker party, even while it remains the weaker party, perpetually to annoy, alarm, and injure their oppressors.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “It also enables the weaker party, even while it remains the weaker party, perpetually to annoy, alarm, and injure their…”
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Spooner notes that the weaker party can still resist oppression, highlighting the dynamics of power and resistance.
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