Facts about James Otis

Occup.Lawyer
FromUSA
BornFebruary 5, 1725
DiedMay 23, 1783
Aged58 years

Summary

James Otis was a famous Lawyer from USA, who lived between February 5, 1725 and May 23, 1783. He/she became 58 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by James, under the main topic Home.

Related authors: Samuel Adams (Revolutionary), Mercy Otis Warren (Playwright)

18 Famous quotes by James Otis

Small: A mans house is his castle
"A man's house is his castle"
Small: Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the
"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"
Small: Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of ones house
"Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house"
Small: I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible
"I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible"
Small: Every one with this writ may be a tyrant if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also,
"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"
Small: MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the q
"MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance"
Small: Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed
"Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed"
Small: If we are not represented, we are slaves
"If we are not represented, we are slaves"
Small: I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments
"I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is"
Small: I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known
"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"
Small: But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience
"But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes"
Small: These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens in public life, the patriot and the hero
"These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero"
Small: A man is accountable to no person for his doings
"A man is accountable to no person for his doings"
Small: I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in b
"I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject"
Small: The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate,
"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"
Small: Taxation without representation is tyranny
"Taxation without representation is tyranny"
Small: My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into et
"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"
Small: It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other mens liberty will soon care little for t
"It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own"