Lysander Spooner: “We have a population of fifty to sixty millions; and not a single…”

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We have a population of fifty to sixty millions; and not a single court of justice, State or national!

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner critiques the absence of genuine justice in the legal system.

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In this manner all unjust laws are established, and made operative against the rights of the people.

And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.

What else than ignorance of the law is it that excuses persons under the years of discretion, and men of imbecile minds?

Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?

Lysander Spooner: “We have a population of fifty to sixty millions; and not a single court of justice, State or national!”