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Quotes by James Otis
“ 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. ”
“ Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle! ”
“ If we are not represented, we are slaves. ”
“ ... 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. ”
“ An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void. ”
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