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James Otis

James Otis (1725-1783) was an American lawyer, born in Massachusetts, distinguished as a ringleader in the revolution in the colonies against the mother-country that led to American independence, for which he had to pay with his life and the prior loss of his reason.

Wisdom & Quotes

  • One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and whilst he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle.
- argument on the Writs of Assistance, Boston, 1761
  • Taxation without representation is tyranny.
- attributed

William Prescot


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