On the record
Trial by the country, and no taxation without consent, were the two pillars of English liberty, (when England had any liberty,) and the first principles of the Common Law.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner highlights trial by jury and consent to taxation as foundational principles of English liberty.
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