If one man commit a trespass upon the person, property or character of another, the injured party has a natural right, either to chastise the aggressor, or to take compensation for the injury out of his property.
Spooner emphasizes the natural rights of individuals to seek justice for wrongs done to them.
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Therefore all their laws, as they call them,--that is, all the laws of their own making,--have no color of authority or obligation.
It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.
Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.
In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.