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And being everywhere and always the supreme law, it is necessarily everywhere and always the only law.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And being everywhere and always the supreme law, it is necessarily everywhere and always the only law.”
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Spooner claims that since justice is the only law, it must be recognized everywhere and at all times.
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