Author: James Otis

Quotes

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

- James Otis

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.

Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.

- 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.

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

- James Otis

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.

- James Otis

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

- James Otis

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