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> [A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential to its validity, from any other contract between man and man, or between nation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/a-contract-for-the-establishment-of-government-being-nothing-but-a/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [It is a natural impossibility for any man to make a binding contract, by which he shall surrender to others a single one of what are commonly called his 'natural, inherent, inalienable rights.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/it-is-a-natural-impossibility-for-any-man-to-make-a-binding-contract/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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## More by Lysander Spooner

> [Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/slavery-if-it-can-be-legalized-at-all-can-be-legalized-only-by/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-greatest-of-all-crimes-are-the-wars-that-are-carried-on-by/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/those-who-deny-the-right-of-a-jury-to-protect-an-individual-in/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/i-was-put-into-jail-as-i-was-going-to-the-shoemaker-s-to-get-a-shoe/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-single-despot-stands-out-in-the-face-of-all-men-and-says-i-am-the/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending a shilling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-rothschilds-and-that-class-of-money-lenders-of-whom-they-are-the/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/who-are-ever-taxed-individuals-only-who-have-property-that-can-be/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/there-can-be-no-criminal-intent-in-resisting-injustice/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [Practically and commercially speaking, a dollar is not necessarily a specific thing, made of silver, or gold, or any other single metal, or substance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/practically-and-commercially-speaking-a-dollar-is-not-necessarily-a/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/if-the-jury-have-no-right-to-judge-of-the-justice-of-a-law-of-the/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the establishment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/if-it-be-said-that-the-consent-of-the-strongest-party-in-a-nation-is/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/in-reality-there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-inflation-of-prices/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [And there is no difference, in principle - but only in degree - between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/and-there-is-no-difference-in-principle-but-only-in-degree-between/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/the-constitution-has-no-inherent-authority-or-obligation-it-has-no/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

> [These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/these-so-called-governments-are-in-reality-only-great-bands-of/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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