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

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

The people's safety is the law of God.

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.

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

There can be no prescription old enough to supersede the Law of Nature and the grant of God Almighty, who has given to all men a natural right to be free, and they have it ordinarily in their power to make themselves so, if they please.

Taxation without representation is tyranny.