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> [And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/and-i-take-this-opportunity-to-declare-that-i-will-to-my-dying-day/)

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## More by James Otis

> [I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/i-do-not-say-that-when-brought-to-the-test-i-shall-be-invincible/)

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> [Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/now-one-of-the-most-essential-branches-of-english-liberty-is-the/)

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> [These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/these-manly-sentiments-in-private-life-make-good-citizens-in-public/)

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> [These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/these-manly-sentiments-in-private-life-make-the-good-citizen-in/)

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> [Dew depends not on Parliament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/dew-depends-not-on-parliament/)

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> [ \[The passage of the Sugar Act\] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/the-passage-of-the-sugar-act-set-people-a-thinking-in-six-months-more/)

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> [MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/may-it-please-your-honors-i-was-desired-by-one-of-the-court-to-look/)

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> [I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/i-pray-god-i-may-never-be-brought-to-the-melancholy-trial-but-if-ever/)

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> [One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/one-of-the-most-essential-branches-of-english-liberty-is-the-freedom/)

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> [What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/what-must-be-the-wealth-that-avarice-aided-by-power-cannot-exhaust/)

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> [Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/let-the-consequences-be-what-they-will-i-am-determined-to-proceed/)

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> [And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/and-i-take-this-opportunity-to-declare-that-i-will-to-my-dying-day/)

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> [No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/no-parts-of-his-majesty-s-dominions-can-be-taxed-without-their-consent/)

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> [I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/i-am-forced-to-get-my-living-by-the-labour-of-my-hand-and-the-sweat/)

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> [An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-otis/an-act-against-the-constitution-is-void-an-act-against-natural-equity/)

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