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If they command men to do justice, they add nothing to men's obligation to do it, or to any man's right to enforce it.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “If they command men to do justice, they add nothing to men's obligation to do it, or to any man's right to enforce it.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner asserts that commands to do justice do not create any additional obligation to act justly.
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