And this right of property--this right of supreme, absolute, and irresponsible dominion over anything that is naturally a subject of ownership--is subject only to this qualification, viz., that each man must so use his own, as not to injure another.
Spooner states that property rights are limited only by the obligation not to harm others.
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Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.
From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?