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But having paid his proper proportion of the expense necessary for the protection of all, he has then a right to demand prompt and complete protection for himself.
Said by
Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “But having paid his proper proportion of the expense necessary for the protection of all, he has then a right to demand…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner states that once individuals contribute to a justice association, they are entitled to protection.
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They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.
In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
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