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They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner argues that judges' errors would be considered crimes if not for their ignorance of the law.
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They do not tell us that we are the freest and happiest people on earth, inasmuch as each of our male adults is allowed one voice in ten millions in the choice of the men, who are to rob, enslave, and murder us.
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