Lysander Spooner: “And these are questions of natural law; questions, which, in regard to the great mass of cases, are answered alike by…”

They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.

On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.

They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.

For all these reasons, they are not only modest and sensible, but really frank, honest, and honorable villains, contrasted with these courts of injustice, and the lawmakers by whom these courts are established.