If any man’s money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists. — Lysander Spooner

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Lysander Spooner : American Philosopher
Born:  January 19, 1808
Died:  May 14, 1887