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Lysander Spooner - Government is in reality...
Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given. (Lysander Spooner)

Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.

Lysander Spooner

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