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Lysander Spooner: He knew perfectly well, and the whole English nation knew, that the king could not lawfully infringe Magna Carta.

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He knew perfectly well, and the whole English nation knew, that the king could not lawfully infringe Magna Carta.
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Lysander Spooner

Editor's note · Context

Spooner states that the English nation recognized the king's limitations under Magna Carta.

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