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So, too, every man has, by nature, a right to judge of, and enforce, the rights, and judge of, and redress the wrongs, of any and all other men.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “So, too, every man has, by nature, a right to judge of, and enforce, the rights, and judge of, and redress the wrongs…”
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Spooner states that every individual has the right to judge and enforce the rights of others.
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