That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support

Quote by Lysander Spooner

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The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money...

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money...

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of...

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of...

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new...

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run...

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run...

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness.

Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the...

Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential...

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential...

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about...

Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about...

Good government is no substitute for self-government

Good government is no substitute for self-government

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

I am against government by crony.

I am against government by crony.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

The difference in golf and government is that in golf you can't improve your lie.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...