The reason why these courts are so intensely servile and corrupt, is, that they are not only parts of, but the veriest creatures of, the very governments whose oppressions they are thus seeking to uphold.
Spooner critiques the integrity of courts that serve oppressive governments.
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The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.
What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?
If the authority be vested in the government, the governmnt is absolute, and the people have no liberties except such as the government sees fit to indulge them with.
It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.