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All other so-called rights of sovereignty are simply the usurpations of impostors, conspirators, robbers, tyrants, and murderers.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “All other so-called rights of sovereignty are simply the usurpations of impostors, conspirators, robbers, tyrants, and…”
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Spooner critiques the concept of sovereignty as a tool for oppression rather than a legitimate right.
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