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

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You know, my first three or four drafts, you can see, are on legal pads in long hand. And then I go to a typewriter, and I know everybodys switching to a computer. And Im sort of laughed at. – Robert Caro

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To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. – Felix Frankfurter

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Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why youre there, all you need is the expertise and the information. – Samuel Dash

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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. – Don Henley

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