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Quotation from No Treason by Lysander Spooner

“The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life.”

Lysander Spooner (spoken by Spooner)

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

Portrait of Lysander Spooner

Spooner denies that paying taxes is evidence of consent.

Citation: "The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life." — Lysander Spooner, No Treason, No. VI, § III (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription). (id no-treason-q6)

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

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