Lysander Spooner: “The government recognizes no such thing as any natural right of…”

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The government recognizes no such thing as any natural right of property, on the part of individuals.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner asserts that the government does not recognize individuals' natural property rights.

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But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.

Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.

A man has a natural right to enforce his own rights and redress his own wrongs.

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

Lysander Spooner: “The government recognizes no such thing as any natural right of property, on the part of individuals.”