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That is one of the many frauds on the Common Law, and the English constitution, which have been introduced since Magna Carta.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “That is one of the many frauds on the Common Law, and the English constitution, which have been introduced since Magna…”
Editor's note · Context
He identifies the assumption of consent for taxation as a fraud against common law and the constitution.
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In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
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.
They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.