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James Otis Jr. on Independence Day

1725–1783 United States

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It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.

The Rights of the British Colonies (1764)

If life, liberty, and property could be enjoyed in as great perfection in solitude as in society, there would be no need of government.

Argument Against the Writs of Assistance (1761)

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