Lysander Spooner: “And being everywhere and always the supreme law, it is necessarily…”

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And being everywhere and always the supreme law, it is necessarily everywhere and always the only law.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner claims that since justice is the only law, it must be recognized everywhere and at all times.

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From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.

And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.

The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.

Lysander Spooner: “And being everywhere and always the supreme law, it is necessarily everywhere and always the only law.”