Lysander Spooner Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“There can be no criminal intent in resisting injustice.”

“All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support them.”

“The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured. Law has always been the name of that rule or principle of justice, which protects those rights. Thus we speak of natural law.”

“All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.”

“The apology, that is constantly put forth for the injustice of government, viz., that a man must consent to give up some of his rights, in order to have his other rights protected - involves a palpable absurdity, both legally and politically.”

“The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.”

“If two individuals enter into a contract to commit trespass, theft, robbery or murder upon a third, the contract is unlawful and void, simply because it is a contract to violate natural justice, or men's natural rights.”

“The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner, in which they have the moral instructions of Jesus.”

“Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.”