Lysander Spooner: “And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to…”

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And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner argues that individuals are not obliged to recognize unjust laws, viewing them as usurpations.

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The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.

All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.

Lysander Spooner: “And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.”