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In the American State constitutions also, this right of resistance to the oppressions of the government is recognized, in various ways, as a natural, legal, and constitutional right.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “In the American State constitutions also, this right of resistance to the oppressions of the government is recognized…”
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Spooner notes that many state constitutions recognize the right to resist government oppression.
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