Lysander Spooner: “Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never…”

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Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner believes juries would not enforce taxes against individuals who never agreed to pay them.

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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.

Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.

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

All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.

Lysander Spooner: “Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.”