When such quarrels arise, it is not to be expected that either faction--having never had any regard to human rights, when acting in concert with the other--will hesitate at any new crimes that may be necessary to prolong its existence.
Spooner warns that factions within a corrupt government will resort to new crimes to maintain power.
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And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
When two men meet one upon the highway, or in the wilderness, have they a right to dispose of his life, liberty, or property at their pleasure, simply because they are the more numerous party?