Lysander Spooner: “It is recognized all over the world--at least as far as it is known--as the one only true obligation, that any, or all…”

The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.

They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.

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.

When two men meet one upon the highway, or in the wilderness, have they a right to dispose of his life, liberty, or property at their pleasure, simply because they are the more numerous party?