Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and while he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ of assistance, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege.

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.

One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.

An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

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

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.