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No despot was ever more entirely irresponsible than are republican legislators during the period for which they are chosen.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “No despot was ever more entirely irresponsible than are republican legislators during the period for which they are…”
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Spooner claims that republican legislators are more irresponsible than despots during their term, highlighting a lack of accountability.
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They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.
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.
They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.