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And his assumption would afford as much moral justification for his robbery as does a like assumption, on the part of the government, for taking a man's property without his consent.
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Lysander Spooner
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Editor's note · Context
Spooner claims that the moral justification for robbery is equally flawed whether by a thief or a government.
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