It only professes to substitute something arbitrary in the place of natural law.
Lysander Spooner: “It only professes to substitute something arbitrary in the place of natural law.”
Editor's note · Context
This quote emphasizes that legislation replaces natural law with arbitrary rules rather than clarifying it.
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