"All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company,……" — Lysander Spooner

"All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck."

— Lysander Spooner

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