And he would know that no statute, unless it were so clearly just as to command the unanimous assent of twelve men, who should be taken at random from the whole community, could be enforced so as to take from him his reputation, property, liberty, or life.
Spooner posits that no law should be enforced unless it is unanimously agreed upon by a jury of peers.
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