The Perfect Day to Start a Slave Revolt: Lysander Spooner Day! Quotes of the Day #23
If Lysander Spooner were alive today, he’d be the ripe old age of 200. He’d probably also be shocked at the current state of America.
In honor of his memory, I present three choice quotes:
“The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that — however bloody — can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave.”
“Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.
In vices, the very essence of crime — that is, the design to injure the person or property of another — is wanting.”
“A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.”
Update: I corrected the age. I give a hearty thanks to Roderick T. Long for pointing out my error in the comments section. I had put 121, instead of 200.
Natasha | Anarchy, LeftLibertarian.org, Quotes of the Day
No, it would be 200, not 121. You’re counting from death date instead of birth date.