Lysander Spooner: “Let me then remind you that justice is an immutable, natural…”

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Let me then remind you that justice is an immutable, natural principle; and not anything that can be made, unmade, or altered by any human power.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner emphasizes that justice is a fundamental principle that cannot be altered by human authority.

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Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.

They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.

Lysander Spooner: “Let me then remind you that justice is an immutable, natural principle; and not anything that can be made, unmade, or…”