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No one of these rights is any more sacred or inviolable in its nature, than are all the others.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgNo one of these rights is any more sacred or inviolable in its nature, than are all the others.
Spooner emphasizes the equal sanctity of all natural rights.
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