Suffrage, however free, is of no avail for this purpose; because the suffrage of the minority is overborne by the suffrage of the majority, and is thus rendered powerless for purposes of legislation.
Spooner critiques suffrage as ineffective for the minority when overpowered by the majority.
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What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?
One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.
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