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Let me then remind you that justice is an immutable, natural principle; and not anything that can be made, unmade, or altered by any human power.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner emphasizes that justice is a fundamental principle that cannot be altered by human authority.
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In short, they acknowledge themselves hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race.
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.
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