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If men cannot be protected by the courts against "base calumniators, they will become their own avengers.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “If men cannot be protected by the courts against "base calumniators, they will become their own avengers.”
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Beveridge warns that without court protection against slander, individuals may take justice into their own hands.
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