"The secret ballot makes a secret government; and……" — Lysander Spooner

"The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers."

— Lysander Spooner

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118 Quotes by Lysander Spooner

Lysander Spooner has 118 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply…
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that…
Man, no doubt, owes many other moral duties to his fellow men; such as to feed the hungry, clothe the…
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not…
If our fathers, in 1776, had acknowledged the principle that a majority had the right to rule the minority, we…
No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.
All the great establishments, of every kind, now in the hands of a few proprietors, but employing a great number…
It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever…
Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one…
And the men who loan money to governments, so called, for the purpose of enabling the latter to rob, enslave,…
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think…
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 Ballot Quotes

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I think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every… — Michele Bachmann
Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both… — Ambrose Bierce
The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? — W. E. B. Du Bois
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. — James Buchanan
If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't,… — Abdallah II
I love all people. I hate no one. And, you know, when you take a subject and you reduce it… — Kirk Cameron
In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we… — Robert Caro
Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang… — Nick Clegg
Socialism in America will come through the ballot box. — Gus Hall
Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap… — Lydia M. Child
Our cause is a common one. It is war between poverty and wealth. ... This moneyed power is fast eating… — Unknown Author
I'm not saying anything one way or the other about the two ballot issues. I am not speaking about the… — Mitt Romney

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