And if the constitution of the United States intended to assert the contrary, it was simply an audacious lie--a lie as foolish as it was audacious--that should have covered with infamy every man who helped to frame the constitution, or afterward sanctioned it, or that should ever attempt to administer it.
Spooner condemns the Constitution if it is interpreted as denying natural rights, calling it a lie.
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