Lysander Spooner: “Of the Great Charter, the trial by jury is the vital part, and the…”

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Of the Great Charter, the trial by jury is the vital part, and the only part that places the liberties of the people in their own keeping.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner emphasizes the importance of the trial by jury as a safeguard for individual liberties.

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In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.

And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

Lysander Spooner: “Of the Great Charter, the trial by jury is the vital part, and the only part that places the liberties of the people in…”