The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this - that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot. (Lysander Spooner)

The only idea they have ever manifested as to what is a government of consent, is this - that it is one to which everybody must consent, or be shot.

Lysander Spooner

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