James Otis Quotes & Sayings

“Taxation without representation is tyranny.”

“A man's house is his castle.”

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

“Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.”

“A man is accountable to no person for his doings.”

“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.”

“If we are not represented, we are slaves.”

“Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.”

“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.”

“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.”