Lysander Spooner Quote

The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it does not so much as even purport to be a contract between persons now existing.


The collected works of Lysander Spooner (ed. 1971)


The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it...

The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it...

The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it...

The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it...