The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror

The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror

Lysander Spooner, a 19th-century American legal theorist and abolitionist, was a staunch advocate for individual rights and the limitations of government power. One of his most famous quotes, "The law does not require a man to cease to be a man, and act without regard to consequences, when he becomes a juror," encapsulates his belief in the importance of personal conscience and moral judgment in the legal system.