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He must bear the consequences of his own act, instead of throwing them upon another, however innocent he may have been of any intention to do wrong.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “He must bear the consequences of his own act, instead of throwing them upon another, however innocent he may have been…”
Editor's note · Context
Here, Spooner asserts personal responsibility for one's actions, regardless of intent.
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They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.