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Lysander Spooner: To take a man's property without his consent is robbery; and to assume his consent, where no actual consent is given…

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To take a man's property without his consent is robbery; and to assume his consent, where no actual consent is given, makes the taking none the less robbery.
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Lysander Spooner

Editor's note · Context

Spooner asserts that taking someone's property without consent is equivalent to robbery.

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