How can these agents be restrained from seeking their own interests, and the interests of those who elected them, at the expense of the rights of the remainder of the people, by the passage and enforcement of laws that shall be partial, unequal, and unjust in their operation?
Spooner questions how to prevent elected officials from prioritizing their own interests over the rights of all citizens.
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