Justice is the object of government, and those who support the government, must be agreed as to the justice to be executed by it, or they cannot rightfully unite in maintaining the government itself.
Spooner emphasizes that justice must be a shared goal among those who support the government.
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If the authority be vested in the government, the governmnt is absolute, and the people have no liberties except such as the government sees fit to indulge them with.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
Since Magna Carta, we have evidence showing quite conclusively that all freemen, above the age of twenty-one years, were eligible as jurors.