Lysander Spooner: “They do not claim a wisdom so superior to that of the producers of wealth, as to know, better than they, how their…”

That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.

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.

It would also be making them consent to what they regard as the destruction of their own rights.

When two men meet one upon the highway, or in the wilderness, have they a right to dispose of his life, liberty, or property at their pleasure, simply because they are the more numerous party?