Quote by: Lysander Spooner

For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. It is as absurd as it would be to declare truth to be falsehood, or falsehood truth.


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Author Bio


  • NameLysander Spooner
  • DescriptionAnarchist, Entrepreneur, Abolitionist
  • BornJanuary 19, 1808
  • DiedMay 14, 1887
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer; Journalist; Essayist; Philosopher
  • WorksNo Treason