Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Lysander Spooner Quotes: The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.
         

The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.


Lysander Spooner
Check all other quotes by Lysander Spooner

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Lysander Spooner Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Tue. 30 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-secret-ballot-makes-a-secret-government-834054>.





Check out


Other quotes of Lysander Spooner


A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.

A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.



The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.

The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.



Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.

Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.



Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.

Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.



Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.

Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.



These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert.

These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert.



Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.

Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property.



No government knows any limits to its power except the endurance of the people.

No government knows any limits to its power except the endurance of the people.



To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights, except such as majorities please to allow them.

To say that majorities, as such, have a right to rule minorities, is equivalent to saying that minorities have, and ought to have, no rights, except such as majorities please to allow them.



A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Neither are a people any the less slaves because permitted periodically to choose new masters.

A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years. Neither are a people any the less slaves because permitted periodically to choose new masters.





Other quotes you may like


The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.



If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.

If another man wanted me, I was valuable. I was esteemed, no matter that it wasn't self-esteem.



The law says do good be right. Grace says Jesus made you right so now you are good.

The law says do good be right. Grace says Jesus made you right so now you are good.



The gods made the world round so that we could never see too far into our own futuer.

The gods made the world round so that we could never see too far into our own futuer.



Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.

Our rights are interconnected and inseparable. When freedom of expression is threatened, the rights to freedom of association and assembly, of thought, conscience and religion, are also compromised.



Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.

Perhaps I've been perceived more as a romantic comedy actor, but overall, I enjoy acting in any shape or form.



The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation to the ideals which won independence.

The woman suffrage movement in the United States was a movement of the spirit of the Revolution which was striving to hold the nation to the ideals which won independence.



The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.

The important thing is the educational experience itself — how to survive it.



The hearts that love will know never winter's frost and chill. Summer's warmth is in them still.

The hearts that love will know never winter's frost and chill. Summer's warmth is in them still.



LOVE is like a burden ROSE, but a burden LOVE is never been a beautiful ROSE.

LOVE is like a burden ROSE, but a burden LOVE is never been a beautiful ROSE.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The secret ballot makes a secret government; and a secret government is a secret band of robbers and murderers.". Author of this quote is Lysander Spooner. This quote is about band, secret, government, robbers,.