The most tyrannical government will, therefore, if it have any sense, leave its victims enough liberty to enable them to provide for their own subsistence, to pay their taxes, and to render such military or other service as the government may have need of.
This quote illustrates Spooner's belief that even tyrannical governments must provide some liberty for practical reasons.
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