Lysander Spooner: “They are therefore mere idle wind, such as would be commands to…”

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They are therefore mere idle wind, such as would be commands to consider the day as day, and the night as night.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner compares unjust commands to meaningless assertions, emphasizing their lack of authority.

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It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.

The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.

And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.

They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.

Lysander Spooner: “They are therefore mere idle wind, such as would be commands to consider the day as day, and the night as night.”