All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against wrong-doers. In its voluntary character it is precisely similar to an association for mutual protection against fire or shipwreck.


Free Political Institutions (ed. 1912)

Lysander Spooner Quotes

All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against...

All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against...

All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against...

All legitimate government is a mutual insurance company, voluntarily agreed upon by the parties to it, for the protection of their rights against...