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Quote by James Otis
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth. – 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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Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of ones house. – James Otis

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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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