Lysander Spooner

Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to any correct definition of the term law.

Justice is the object of government, and those who support the government, must be agreed as to the justice to be executed by it, or they cannot rightfully unite in maintaining the government itself.

Legally speaking, there are no such things as 'public rights,' as distinguished from individual rights. Legally speaking, there is no such creature or thing as 'the public.'

The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.

But with each passing year and each new study, the evidence for the genetic contribution to individual and group differences becomes more firmly established than ever.