It is a supposable case that they may not be sufficiently enlightened to know and do their whole duty, in all cases whatsoever; but that they should all prove dishonest, is not within the range of probability.
Spooner acknowledges the potential ignorance of jurors but dismisses the idea that they would all be dishonest.
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Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.
And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.
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