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

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

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

I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial, but if ever I should, it will be then known how far I can reduce to practice, principles, which I know to be founded in truth.

Can there be any liberty where property is taken away without consent?

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.

The colonists are by the law of nature free-born, as indeed all man are, white or black...It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.