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This law is the exact measure, and the only measure, of any and every man's natural rights.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “This law is the exact measure, and the only measure, of any and every man's natural rights.”
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Spooner emphasizes the importance of natural rights as the foundation of law.
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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 carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.
When they have once taken our money, they have the decency to get out of our sight as soon as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us.
They do not tell us of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.