Lysander Spooner: “But this opinion is founded on the erroneous idea that juries are required only for determining contested facts, and not…”

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.

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?

It was a principle of the Common Law, as it is of the law of nature, and of common sense, that no man can be taxed without his personal consent.