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It no more recognizes his right to have anything to say in the matter, than if he were but so much weight of powder or ball.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgIt no more recognizes his right to have anything to say in the matter, than if he were but so much weight of powder or ball.
Spooner asserts that the government disregards individual agency in matters of life and death.
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