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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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Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of ones house. – James Otis

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Freedom
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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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Men
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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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Hope
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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. – Potter Stewart

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legal

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues. – Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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My job is to interpret the law based on how the legislature and the court has done it and then, of course, to use our system of justice to develop some new legal tools and new concepts. – Bill Scott

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I love the new legal immigrants they want their kids to be safe just like I do. – Lou Barletta

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I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career. – Sergei Bubka

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Ive done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination. – Katy Perry

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