“And it is undeniably true that the greatest and most important right of a British subject is that he shall be governed by no laws but those to which he, either in person or by his representatives, hath given his consent; and this, I will venture to assert, is the great basis of British freedom; it is interwoven with the Constitution, and whenever this is lost, the Constitution must be destroyed.”
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Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren was a doctor and revolutionary during the American Revolution. He was born on June 11, 1741, and died on June 17, 1775. Warren served as the medical director of the Massachusetts Militia during the revolution and was killed in the Boston Massacre. more