Government 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 pro…

- James Otis

Dew depends not on Parliament.

- James Otis

My 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 lightnin…

- James Otis

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 th…

- James Otis

A man's house is his castle.

- James Otis

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, …

- James Otis

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

- James Otis

The people's safety is the law of God.

- James Otis

[Slave] trade ... is the most shocking violation of the law of nature, has a direct tendency to diminish ... liberty, and makes every dealer in it a …

- James Otis