The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, prohibiting Private Mails (1844)
- Lysander Spooner (author)
Spooner challenged the US postal monopoly by starting his own mail company to deliver letters and by writing a short book arguing that it was wrong on legal and constitutional grounds.
Key Quotes
Economics
Universal experience attests that government establishments cannot keep pace with private enterprize in matters of business — (and the transmission of letters is a mere matter of business.) Private enterprise has always the most active physical powers, and the most ingenious mental ones. It is…