On the record
Is it too much to hope for mankind, that they may sometime have courts of justice, instead of such courts of injustice as these?
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Is it too much to hope for mankind, that they may sometime have courts of justice, instead of such courts of injustice…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner expresses hope for a future with true courts of justice rather than corrupt ones.
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