“The science of mine and thine—the science of justice—is the science of all human rights; of all a man’s rights of person and property; of all his rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

— Lysander Spooner

Section I, p. 5
Natural Law; or The Science of Justice (1882), Chapter I. The Science of Justice.

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