And my answer is, that from the moment it is conceded that any man, or body of men, whatever, under any pretence whatever, have the right to make laws of their own invention, and compel other men to obey them, every vestige of man's natural and rightful liberty is denied him.
Spooner argues that the right to create laws denies natural liberty.
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It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.