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10 James Otis Quotes

James Otis delivers bold, plain-spoken thoughts on rights, freedom and law that push you to question authority.

James Otis quotes

  1. An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

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  2. Ubi libertas ibi patria

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  3. ALL PRECEDENTS ARE UNDER THE CONTROUL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW... No Acts of Parliament can establish such a writ [writ of assistance enabling British search of homes for no reason]: : it would be void, 'AN ACT AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION IS VOID.' Vid. Viner. But : special writs may be granted on oath and probable suspicion.

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  4. ... [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 liberty will soon care little for their own.

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  5. A man's house is his castle.

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  6. Dew depends not on Parliament.

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  7. If we are not represented, we are slaves.

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  8. 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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  9. Taxation without representation is tyranny.

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  10. What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!

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