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Quotation from No Treason by Lysander Spooner
“We are, therefore, driven to the acknowledgment that nations and governments, if they can rightfully exist at all, can exist only by consent.”
No Treason, No. I, § III (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription)
The conclusion of Spooner's argument that neither strength nor numbers can create a rightful nation.
Citation: "We are, therefore, driven to the acknowledgment that nations and governments, if they can rightfully exist at all, can exist only by consent." — Lysander Spooner, No Treason, No. I, § III (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription). (id no-treason-q1)
Portrait: Lysander Spooner by Hardy, Amory Nelson Hardy / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
