James Otis Quotes

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

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.

A man's house is his castle.

A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

Dew depends not on Parliament.

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

If we are not represented, we are slaves.

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

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

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

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

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

Taxation without representation is tyranny.

The people's safety is the law of God.

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

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

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

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

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