I am forced to get my living by the labour of my hand; and the sweat of my brow... for bitter bread, earned under the frowns of some who have no natural or divine right to be above me, and entirely owe their grandeur and honor to grinding the faces of the poor...

James Otis

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

James Otis

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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

Stichwörter: american-revolution

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I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other, as this Writ of Assistance is.

James Otis

Stichwörter: freedom america government search-and-seizure

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