On the record
It, and the State governments--all but parts of one and the same system--were rotten with tyranny and crime.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “It, and the State governments--all but parts of one and the same system--were rotten with tyranny and crime.”
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Spooner describes the interconnectedness of state and federal governments, both plagued by tyranny and crime.
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