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Quote by James Otis
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be leg

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm. – James Otis

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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. – James Otis

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It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other mens liberty will soon care little for their own. – James Otis

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My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning. – James Otis

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In Psalm 72, Solomon prays for power and fame but he says the purpose of influence is to speak up for others and one is the immigrant. He doesnt delineate between legal and illegal. – Rick Warren

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The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. – Tom Tancredo

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I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example. – Daniel Goleman

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A good lawyer is a bad Christian. – John Lothrop Motley

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