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.
James OtisEvery one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.
James OtisMy 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.
James OtisParliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.
James OtisGovernment is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and of the revolution of 1688; nor on property, as was the assertion of Harrington. It springs from the necessities of our nature, and has an everlasting foundation in the unchangeable will of God.
James Otis