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These things show that the nature and effect of the charter were well understood by the king and his friends; that they all agreed that he was effectually stripped of power.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “These things show that the nature and effect of the charter were well understood by the king and his friends; that they…”
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Spooner asserts that the king and his allies understood the limitations imposed on his power by the charter.
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When they have once taken our money, they have the decency to get out of our sight as soon as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us.
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.
They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
They do not tell us of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.