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Quotation from No Treason by Lysander Spooner
“A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.”
No Treason, No. VI, § VI (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription)
Spooner answers the claim that periodic elections make government consensual.
Citation: "A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years." — Lysander Spooner, No Treason, No. VI, § VI (Boston, 1867-1870 (author's edition), Digital Library of Liberty and Power transcription). (id no-treason-q7)
Portrait: Lysander Spooner by Hardy, Amory Nelson Hardy / Adam Cuerden, Public domain.
