Lysander Spooner: “And they deny it for their own benefit solely, and not for the benefit…”

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And they deny it for their own benefit solely, and not for the benefit of their laborers.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner emphasizes that the denial of trade rights serves only the interests of the powerful.

More from Lysander Spooner

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

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.

There is no more absurdity in giving a jury a veto upon the laws, than there is in giving a veto to each of these other tribunals.

Lysander Spooner: “And they deny it for their own benefit solely, and not for the benefit of their laborers.”