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Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, a...

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

I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instrume...

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The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estat...

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

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A man's house is his castle.

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James Otis

Lawyer

Born: 1725-02-05

Died: 1783-05-23

James Otis Jr. (February 5, 1725 – May 23, 1783) was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution.More