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Can any further proof be needed that all ideas of justice and men's natural rights are absolutely banished from the minds of lawmakers, and from so-called courts of justice?
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Can any further proof be needed that all ideas of justice and men's natural rights are absolutely banished from the…”
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He asserts that lawmakers and courts have abandoned justice and natural rights.
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