A government that can at pleasure accuse, shoot, and hang men, as traitors, for the one general offence of refusing to surrender themselves and their property unreservedly to its arbitrary will, can practice any and all special and particular oppressions it pleases. — Lysander Spooner
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Mini who’s who:
Lysander Spooner : American Philosopher
Born: January 19, 1808
Died: May 14, 1887