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Quote from Lysander Spooner,


"A man who is without capital, and who, by prohibitions upon banking, is practically forbidden to hire any, is in a condition elevated but one degree above that of a chattel slave. He may live; but he can live only as the servant of others; compelled to perform such labor, and to perform it at such prices, as they may see fit to dictate."


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Lysander Spooner (more quotes by Lysander Spooner or books by/about Lysander Spooner)


(1808-1887) Political theorist, activist, abolitionist

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Labor, Capitalism, Slavery, Prohibition, Banking, Compulsion, Oligarchy

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