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Lysander Spooner: Discussions, which do not interfere with the enforcement of their laws, are but idle wind to them.

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Discussions, which do not interfere with the enforcement of their laws, are but idle wind to them.
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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner believes that discussions that do not challenge the enforcement of laws are meaningless to those in power.

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