“I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial, but if ever I should, it will be then known how far I can reduce to practice, principles, which I know to be founded in truth.” IfsKnowsShouldMayI CanKnownPrinciplesPracticePrayingTrialsMelancholyI PrayPraying To God Author:James Otis
“The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.” MenCountryPrinciplesSacrificeSacredWorthyEaseGentlemanEstatesApplause 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
