But, in so doing, he must act only in accordance with his own judgment and conscience, and subject to his own personal responsibility, if, through either ignorance or design, he commits any error injurious to another.
Spooner emphasizes the importance of personal judgment and responsibility in enforcing rights.
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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?
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.