No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority | by Lysander Spooner

Murray N. Rothbard considered this essay by Lysander Spooner (1867) "the greatest case for anarchist political philosophy ever written." Read by Matt Pritchard. http://mises.org

Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) is the American individualist anarchist and legal theorist known mainly for setting up a commercial post office in competition with the government and thereby being shut down. But he was also the author of some of the most radical political and economic writings of the 19th century, and continues to have a huge influence on libertarian thinkers today. He was a dedicated opponent of slavery in all its forms — even advocating guerrilla war to stop it — but also a dedicated opponent of the federal invasion of the South and its postwar reconstruction.

Read 'No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority' online: http://oll.libertyfund.org/?op....tion=com_staticxt&st

Links to more writings by Lysander Spooner:

Let's Abolish Government
http://mises.org/resources/3450

No Treason, No. 1
http://mises.org/daily/4723

Vices Are Not Crimes
http://mises.org/daily/3867

The Free Administration of Justice
http://mises.org/daily/4032

The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
http://oll.libertyfund.org/ind....ex.php?option=com_st

The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner
http://oll.libertyfund.org/ind....ex.php?option=com_st

More online writings by Lysander Spooner, http://oll.libertyfund.org/?op....tion=com_staticxt&st

A Toast to Lysander Spooner by Jeff Riggenbach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfpn7BrzNao

Related links:
http://www.lysanderspooner.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner
http://mises.org/rothbardintros/spooner.asp