You and your lawmakers have no such evidence of your right of dominion over the people of this country, as would be required to prove your right to any material property, that you might have purchased.
Spooner claims that lawmakers lack the evidence required to justify their dominion over the people.
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The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
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