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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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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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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Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. – Aldous Huxley

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