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Quotation from No Treason by Lysander Spooner

“It purports, at most, to be only a contract between persons living eighty years ago.”

Lysander Spooner (spoken by Spooner)

No Treason, No. VI, § I (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription)

Portrait of Lysander Spooner

Spooner argues that the agreement of 1787-88 could not bind later generations.

Citation: "It purports, at most, to be only a contract between persons living eighty years ago." — Lysander Spooner, No Treason, No. VI, § I (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription). (id no-treason-q5)

Portrait: Lysander Spooner by Hardy, Amory Nelson Hardy / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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