[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and… — James Otis Copy Share Image
There can be no prescription old enough to supersede the Law of Nature and the grant of God Almighty, who has given… — James Otis Copy Share Image
The colonists are by the law of nature free-born, as indeed all man are, white or black...It is a clear truth that… — James Otis Copy Share Image
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… — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before. — James Otis Copy Share Image
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far… — James Otis Copy Share Image
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle. — James Otis Copy Share Image
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 this writ of assistance is. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, - the most destructive of… — James Otis Copy Share
![“[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and makes every dealer in it a tyrant, from the director of an African company to the petty chapman [peddler]… It is a clear truth, that those who every day barter away other men's…” quote by James Otis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6fb/james-otis-16854_business_slave-trade-is-the-most-shocking-violati_2681531.jpg)
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