Lysander Spooner: “It can give to one only what it takes from others; for it has nothing of its own to give to any one.”

The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

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

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.