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A law which enacts that justice shall neither be sold, denied, nor delayed, stamps with infamy that government under which it had become necessary." 2 Middle Ages, 451.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner argues that a law preventing the sale or denial of justice reflects poorly on the government.
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When they have once taken our money, they have the decency to get out of our sight as soon as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.
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.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.