James Otis Quotes

Dew Depends Not On Parliament.

I Have Accordingly Considered It, And Now Appear Not Only In Obedience To Your Order, But Likewise In Behalf Of The Inhabitants Of This Town, Who Have Presented Another Petition, And Out Of Regard To The Liberties Of The Subject.

[the Passage Of The Sugar Act] Set People A Thinking, In Six Months, More Than They Had Done In Their Whole Lives Before.

These Manly Sentiments, In Private Life, Make The Good Citizen; In Public Life, The Patriot And The Hero.

What Must Be The Wealth That Avarice, Aided By Power, Cannot Exhaust!

May It Please Your Honors: I Was Desired By One Of The Court To Look Into The Books, And Consider The Question Now Before Them Concerning Writs Of Assistance.

No Parts Of His Majesty's Dominions Can Be Taxed Without Their Consent.

I Do Not Say That, When Brought To The Test, I Shall Be Invincible.

A Man's House Is His Castle.

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.

But I Think I Can Sincerely Declare That I Cheerfully Submit Myself To Every Odious Name For Conscience' Sake; And From My Soul I Despise All Those Whose Guilt, Malice, Or Folly Has Made Them My Foes.

Parliaments Are In All Cases To Declare What Is Good For The Whole; But It Is Not The Declaration Of Parliament That Makes It So.