On the record
The people taxed themselves; and the collection of the grants was checked and controlled, and, perhaps, in many instances evaded, by these virtual representatives of the community.
Said by
Lysander Spooner
Source
gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “The people taxed themselves; and the collection of the grants was checked and controlled, and, perhaps, in many…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote reflects Spooner's view on the self-governance of the people in managing their own taxation.
Share
More from Lysander Spooner
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.
In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.