“To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so.”

About Lysander Spooner

Philosopher • American

Lysander Spooner was a 19th-century American political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist known for his staunch defense of individual liberty and his opposition to the state. He famously challenged the...