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James Otis quotes: Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.

Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.

James Otis quotes: Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

James Otis quotes: A man's house is his castle.

A man's house is his castle.

James Otis quotes: A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

James Otis quotes: Dew depends not on Parliament.

Dew depends not on Parliament.

James Otis quotes: 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 quotes: If we are not represented, we are slaves.

If we are not represented, we are slaves.

James Otis quotes: The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person, or by representation.

The supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property, without his consent in person, or by representation.

James Otis quotes: I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

James Otis quotes: An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

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

James Otis quotes: What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!

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

James Otis quotes: One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.

One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.

James Otis quotes: Taxation without representation is tyranny.

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

James Otis quotes: The people's safety is the law of God.

The people's safety is the law of God.

James Otis quotes: [The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before.

[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before.

James Otis quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?

Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?

James Otis quotes: No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.

No parts of his Majesty's dominions can be taxed without their consent.