The constitutions of New Hampshire and Tennessee also declare that "The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Spooner references the constitutions of New Hampshire and Tennessee, which reject non-resistance to oppression.
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