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People Quotes by Lysander Spooner
- And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave, and murder their people, are…
- Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this…
- A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Neither are…
- If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the…
- Any government, that is its own judge of, and determines authoritatively for the people, what are its own powers over the people, is an absolute…
- All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support them.
- But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized…
- If a jury have not the right to judge between the government and those who disobey its laws, and resist its oppressions, the government is…
- It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into a corporation. It does not speak of…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle