"It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own."
-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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