What, then, is legislation? It is an assumption by one man, or body of
men, of absolute, irresponsible dominion over all other men whom they
can subject to their power.  It is an assumption by one man, or body of
men, of a right to subject all other men to their will and their
service. It is an assumption by one man, or body of men, of a right to
abolish outright all the natural rights, all the natural liberty of all
other men; to make all other men their slaves; to arbitrarily dictate to
all other men what they may, and may not do; what they may, and may not,
have; what they may, and may not, be.  It is, in short, the assumption
of a right to banish the principle of human rights, the principle of
justice itself, from off the earth, and set up their own personal will,
pleasure, and interest in its place.  All this, and nothing less, is
involved in the very idea that there can be any such thing as
legislation that is obligatory upon those upon whom it is imposed.

            From: Lysander Spooner's 
"Natural Law, or the Science of Justice:
A Treatise on Natural Law, Natural Justice, Natural Rights, Natural
Liberty, and Natural Society; Showing that All Legislation Whatsoever is
an Absurdity, a Usurpation, and a Crime.  Part First."