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They show that these judicial oracles, as men call them, are no better than some of the other so-called oracles, by whom mankind have been duped.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that judicial authorities are no more reliable than other deceptive figures in history.
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They cannot claim or expect that the whole people shall practise the folly of taking on trust their pretended superior knowledge, and of committing blindly into their hands all their own interests, liberties, and rights, to be disposed of…
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.