“If a man is my servant, agent, or attorney, I necessarily make myself responsible for all his acts done within the limits of the power I have intrusted to him. If I have intrusted him, as my agent, with either absolute power, or any power at all, over the persons or properties of other men than myself, I thereby necessarily make myself responsible to those other persons for any injuries he may do them, so long as he acts within the limits of the power I have granted him. But no individual who may be injured in his person or property, by acts of Congress, can come to the individual electors, and hold them responsible for these acts of their so-called agents or representatives. This fact proves that these pretended agents of the people, of everybody, are really the agents of nobody.”
Lysander Spooner
Lysander Spooner was a 19th-century American anarchist, legal theorist, entrepreneur, and abolitionist known for his libertarian writings and criticism of state authority.
This quote reveals a fundamental critique of political responsibility and representation. It invites reflection on true accountability and challenges the illusion of democracy.
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Lysander Spooner Quote: Revealing the True Responsibility of Agents and Representatives!
Lysander Spooner reveals the true responsibility of agents and representatives – why political power often belongs to nobody.
Lysander Spooner (1808–1887) was an American lawyer, entrepreneur, political philosopher, and abolitionist considered one of the most significant individualist anarchists. He wrote extensively on law, liberty, and the limits of government power, advocating for individual rights and opposing slavery.
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