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A man's house is his castle.
Taxation without representation is tyranny.
Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.
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... →
It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.
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... →
A man is accountable to no person for his doings.
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... →
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... →
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... →
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.
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... →