Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... destruction . It is my opinion that this king- dom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme , in every AMERICAN TAXATION 13.
... destruction . It is my opinion that this king- dom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies . At the same time , I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme , in every AMERICAN TAXATION 13.
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... opinion . It is , that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely , totally , and immediately . That the reason for the repeal be assigned - viz . , because it was founded on an erroneous principle . At the same time , let the sover- eign ...
... opinion . It is , that the Stamp Act be repealed absolutely , totally , and immediately . That the reason for the repeal be assigned - viz . , because it was founded on an erroneous principle . At the same time , let the sover- eign ...
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... opinions , to concenter my thoughts , to ballast my con- duct , to preserve me from being blown about by every wind of fashionable doctrine . I really did not think it safe or manly to have fresh principles to seek upon every fresh mail ...
... opinions , to concenter my thoughts , to ballast my con- duct , to preserve me from being blown about by every wind of fashionable doctrine . I really did not think it safe or manly to have fresh principles to seek upon every fresh mail ...
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... opinion that I immediately threw my thoughts into a sort of parliamentary form , I was by no means equally ready to produce them . It generally argues some degree of natural im- potence of mind or some want of knowledge of the world ...
... opinion that I immediately threw my thoughts into a sort of parliamentary form , I was by no means equally ready to produce them . It generally argues some degree of natural im- potence of mind or some want of knowledge of the world ...
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... opinion of the virtue of 3 paper government , nor of any politics in which the plan is to be wholly separated from the execution . But when I saw that anger and violence prevailed every day more and more , and that things were hastening ...
... opinion of the virtue of 3 paper government , nor of any politics in which the plan is to be wholly separated from the execution . But when I saw that anger and violence prevailed every day more and more , and that things were hastening ...
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