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The administration of justice was carefully provided for; it was not the caprice of their lord, but the sentence of their peers, that they obeyed.
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Lysander Spooner
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Editor's note · Context
This quote highlights the importance of peer judgment in the administration of justice, rather than arbitrary decisions by a lord.
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