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It is therefore unjust to tax them, unless they are eligible to seats in a jury, with power to judge of the justice of the laws.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “It is therefore unjust to tax them, unless they are eligible to seats in a jury, with power to judge of the justice of…”
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Spooner claims it is unjust to tax individuals who are not eligible jurors, linking taxation to legal representation.
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They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
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On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.