Lysander Spooner: “These facts show how much reliance can be placed in written constitutions, to control the action of the government, and…”

But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.

In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.