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Lysander Spooner: 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…

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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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Spooner asserts that the government disregards individual agency in matters of life and death.

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