“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.”
Quote by James Otis
Author
James Otis
James Otis, born on February 5, 1725, and died on May 23, 1783, was an influential American lawyer. He is known for his significant role in the American Revolutionary War and his famous defense in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. more
You May Also Like
“Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.”
Source: Nature and Other Essays
Source: Lorna Doone: The Wild and Wanton Edition
Source: Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom
Source: pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789