But, in doing this, he must act only in accordance with his own judgment and conscience, and subject to his own personal responsibility for any error he may commit, either through ignorance or design.
Spooner reiterates that individuals must act according to their own judgment and bear responsibility for their actions.
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All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
Since Magna Carta, we have evidence showing quite conclusively that all freemen, above the age of twenty-one years, were eligible as jurors.
They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.