On the record
Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
Said by
Lysander Spooner
Source
gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner notes that the laws of celebrated kings were minimal and largely based on established customs.
Share
More from Lysander Spooner
They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.
They do not tell us of the almshouses, hospitals, schools, churches, etc., which, out of the purest charity and benevolence, they maintain for our benefit, out of the money they take from us.
They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.