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And being bound together by no honest tie, and existing for no honest purpose, destruction was the only honest doom to which any of them were entitled.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner critiques the legitimacy of government by stating that it is bound by no honest ties or purposes.
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They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
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.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.
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.