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Lysander Spooner: Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion.

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Tyrants care nothing for discussions that are to end only in discussion.
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Lysander Spooner

Editor's note · Context

Spooner asserts that tyrants disregard discussions that do not lead to action, highlighting the futility of passive debate.

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