Lysander Spooner: “But these robbers and tyrants quarreled--as lesser bands of robbers…”

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But these robbers and tyrants quarreled--as lesser bands of robbers have done--over the division of their spoils.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner notes that the factions in power quarreled over their ill-gotten gains, similar to thieves.

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Lysander Spooner: “But these robbers and tyrants quarreled--as lesser bands of robbers have done--over the division of their spoils.”