"If physical power be the fountain of law,……" — Lysander Spooner

If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force… - Lysander Spooner

"If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever."

— Lysander Spooner

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