"It is a clear truth that those who……" — James Otis
"It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own"
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31 Quotes by James Otis
James Otis has 31 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of…
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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…
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I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for…
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Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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More Barter Quotes
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Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
— Edmund Burke
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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…
— James Otis
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The first and probably most fundamental aspect of this crisis is that we are now close to the commodification of…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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I do not choose to be a common man…it is my right to be uncommon—if I can…I seek opportunity—not security…I…
— Peter O'Toole
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When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
— Len Deighton
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An intellectual hatred is the worst, So let her think opinions are accursed. Have I not seen the loveliest woman…
— William Butler Yeats
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These statements absolutely do not correspond to reality. The Russian proposals are very simple stop all form of barter arrangements…
— Viktor Khristenko
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I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services…
— Mark McCormack
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A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money…
— Robert D. Putnam
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Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism, is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men…
— Karl Hess
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Love shouldn't make a beggar of one. I wouldn't want love if I had to beg for it, to barter…
— Jacqueline Susann
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