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> [“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common by the powerful. Other commoners at the time of those seizures had not consented to them, and even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-vallentyne/the-claimed-legitimizing-devices-of-political-consent-or-personal/)

Peter Vallentyne

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## More by Peter Vallentyne

> [“The claimed legitimizing devices of political consent or personal labour served only to obscure the unjustifiable seizure of land from the common by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-vallentyne/the-claimed-legitimizing-devices-of-political-consent-or-personal/)

Peter Vallentyne

> [“There is no precept of the natural law commanding men to appropriate all things in such a way that each person is assigned his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-vallentyne/there-is-no-precept-of-the-natural-law-commanding-men-to-appropriate/)

Peter Vallentyne

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