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Such a contract, on my part, would be a contract to part with my natural liberty; to give myself, or sell myself, to him as a slave.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Such a contract, on my part, would be a contract to part with my natural liberty; to give myself, or sell myself, to him…”
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Spooner argues that entering into a contract to delegate rights would equate to becoming a slave.
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