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A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential to its validity, from any other contract between man and man, or between nation and nation.
Lysander Spooner
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"A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential to its validity, from any other contract between man and man, or between nation and nation."
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A contract for the establishment of government, being nothing but a voluntary contract between individuals for their mutual benefit, differs, in nothing that is essential to its validity, from any other contract between man and man, or between nation and nation. — Lysander Spooner

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Lysander Spooner was a Philosopher from United States (1808–1887).

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This quote is attributed to Lysander Spooner, a Philosopher from United States.
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Lysander Spooner lived from 1808 – 1887.
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