On the record
The rights of every member are determined by the written compact, to which all the members have voluntarily agreed.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The rights of every member are determined by the written compact, to which all the members have voluntarily agreed.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner asserts that individual rights are defined by mutual agreements among members of a society.
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