"The only idea they have ever manifested as……" — Lysander Spooner
"The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this - that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot."
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Lysander Spooner
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118 Quotes by Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner has 118 quotes on this site.
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Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply…
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The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that…
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Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the…
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There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not…
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If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we…
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No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.
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All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number…
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It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever…
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Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one…
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And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave,…
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The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think…
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Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as…
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More Consent Quotes
This quote is filed under Consent Quotes,
one of 364 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
— Saint Augustine
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Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators…
— Gary Bauer
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
— Albert Camus
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Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in…
— Albert Camus
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One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without…
— Kyle Chandler
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence,…
— William Ellery Channing
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I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.
— Diablo Cody
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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
— William Shakespeare
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
— Unknown Author
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned…
— Christopher Columbus
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The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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