James Otis Quotes
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The colonists are by the law of nature free-born, as indeed all man are, white or black...It is a clear truth that those who every…
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Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?
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Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature,…
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Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.
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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.
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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 the…
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Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution…
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An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.
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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.
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No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.
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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,…
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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 he…
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A man is accountable to no person for his doings.
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I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.
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A man's house is his castle.
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Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.
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But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise…
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Taxation without representation is tyranny.
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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…
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These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
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