But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Our Constitution does not profess to have been established simply by the majority, but by 'the people' - the minority as much… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
No court presumes to tell a jury that they are to try a capital case with the same indifference and unconcern as… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The constitution of the United States declares that "no State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts." — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The trial by jury might safely be introduced into a despotic government, if the jury were to exercise no right of judging… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
It cannot be said that the Constitution formed 'the people of the United States,' for all time, into a corporation. It does… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
But for their right to judge of the law, and the justice of the law, juries would be no protection to an… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Even if the Constitution of the United States had intended to recognize slavery, as a constitutional state institution, such intended recognition would… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract—the Constitution—made eighty years ago, by men who… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
There has been no clearer principle of English or American constitutional law than that, in criminal cases, it is not only the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“The Constitution says: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind. — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending a shilling… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
Who are ever taxed? Individuals only. Who have property that can be taxed? Individuals only. Who can give their consent to be taxed? Individuals… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
Practically and commercially speaking, a dollar is not necessarily a specific thing, made of silver, or gold, or any other single metal, or substance.… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
If it be said that the consent of the strongest party in a nation, is all that is necessary to justify the establishment of… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
And there is no difference, in principle - but only in degree - between political and chattel slavery. The former, no less than the… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man.… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert. — Lysander Spooner Copy Share
