"Now one of the most essential branches of……" — James Otis
"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 is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ of assistance, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege."
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James Otis
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31 Quotes by James Otis
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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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A man is accountable to no person for his doings.
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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my…
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We must destroy all which in the present school answers to the organization of constraint, the artificial surroundings by which…
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Stimulate don't Annihilate.
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The vanishing, volatile froth of the present which any shadow will alter, any thought blow away, any event annihilate, is…
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Where all of the man is what property he owns, it does not take long to annihilate him.
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Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a…
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