“[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.” MenLittlesCareLawCompanyLibertyClearDirectorsDirectTradeSlaveTendenciesTyrantsShockingDiminishPettyLaws Of NatureViolationDealerSlave TradePeddler Author:James Otis
“There can be no prescription old enough to supersede the Law of Nature and the grant of God Almighty, who has given to all men a natural right to be free, and they have it ordinarily in their power to make themselves so, if they please.” IfsMenEnoughGovernmentLawGivenNaturalFreedomPleaseGrantsAlmightyLaws Of NaturePrescriptions Author:James Otis
“The colonists are by the law of nature free-born, as indeed all man are, white or black...It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.” MenLittlesCareLawBlackBornWhiteLibertyClearLaws Of NatureColonists Author:James Otis
“Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature, by the common law, and by act of parliament, (exclusive of all charters from the crown) entitled to all the natural, essential, inherent and inseparable rights of our fellow subjects in Great- Britain.” AmericaLawBornNaturalCommonRightsSubjectsEssentialsFellowsBritishBritainContinentsCrownsInherentEntitledParliamentExclusiveDominionInseparableGreat BritainCharterGod And NatureCommon Law Author:James Otis
“And I take this opportunity to declare, that... 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. It appears to me the worst instrument of arbitrary power, - the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book.” BookHandsLawFoundOpportunityGivenLibertyPrinciplesWorstDyingConstitutionFundamentalsSlaveryInstrumentsDestructiveFacultyAssistanceArbitraryFundamental PrinciplesVillainyLaw BooksEnglish LawWrits Of Assistance Author:James Otis
“Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and while he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ of assistance, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege.” IfsMenShouldWellsLawHouseLibertyQuietEssentialsPrivilegeBranchesAssistanceCastlesGuardedWrits Of Assistance Author:James Otis
