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And any obstruction, price, or penalty, interposed by the government, to the exercise of that right, is a practical violation of the right itself.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that any government-imposed barriers to trade violate natural rights.
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That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
And the right is practically established only when and because the government, no longer exists to call it in question.
When two men meet one upon the highway, or in the wilderness, have they a right to dispose of his life, liberty, or property at their pleasure, simply because they are the more numerous party?