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.


No Treason: The Constitution Of No Authority (1870)

Lysander Spooner 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, ...

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, ...

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, ...

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, ...