All Lysander Spooner Quotes
- Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as… Creature
- Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts… All
- Men's moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and their selfishness is quite active enough, without any such effort as… Active
- Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute… Any
- Now it is clear, that if the government can exclude, on account either of their opinions or feelings, any persons thus drawn by lot, the… Account
- One essential of a free government is that it rest wholly on voluntary support. And one certain proof that a government is not free, is… Certain
- Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it… Aid
- The commerce of a free people is many times more valuable than that of slaves. Freemen produce and consume vastly more than slaves. They have… All
- The desertion of Jesus, by his followers, furnishes an argument in support of the supposition that he attempted to be king of the Jews, rather… Argument
- The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner,… Believer
- The mental capacity of a person to make reasonable contracts, is the only criterion, by which to determine his legal capacity to make obligatory contracts.… Age
- The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act of the whole… Act
- The right and the physical power of the people to resist injustice, are really the only securities that any people ever can have for their… Any
- The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The… Absolute
- The right of revolution, which tyrants, in mockery, accord to mankind, is no legal right under a government; it is only a natural right to… Accord
- The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master:… Acknowledge
- The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from… All
- The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging of the law,… Despotic
- There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon… Account
- Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it. Capable