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Courts of justice, for all civil suits, are as effectually shut against them, as though it were done by bolts and bars.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgCourts of justice, for all civil suits, are as effectually shut against them, as though it were done by bolts and bars.
Spooner argues that civil courts effectively deny justice to many individuals.
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