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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... privileges of his people are dearer to him than the most valuable prerogatives of his crown ; and as it is in oppo- sition to a kind of power , the exercise of which , in former periods of history , cost one king of England his head 3 ...
... privileges of his people are dearer to him than the most valuable prerogatives of his crown ; and as it is in oppo- sition to a kind of power , the exercise of which , in former periods of history , cost one king of England his head 3 ...
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... , would totally annihilate this privilege . Custom- house officers may enter our houses when they please ; we are commanded to permit their entry . Their menial servants may enter , may break locks , bars , 8 JAMES OTIS.
... , would totally annihilate this privilege . Custom- house officers may enter our houses when they please ; we are commanded to permit their entry . Their menial servants may enter , may break locks , bars , 8 JAMES OTIS.
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... privileges of Englishmen ; equally bound by its laws , and equally participating in the constitution of this free country . The Americans are the sons , not the bastards , of England ! Taxation is no part of the gov- erning or ...
... privileges of Englishmen ; equally bound by its laws , and equally participating in the constitution of this free country . The Americans are the sons , not the bastards , of England ! Taxation is no part of the gov- erning or ...
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... privilege of granting money as a dry point of fact , and to prove that the right had been acknowledged in ancient parchments and blind usages to reside in a certain body called a House of Commons . They went much further : they ...
... privilege of granting money as a dry point of fact , and to prove that the right had been acknowledged in ancient parchments and blind usages to reside in a certain body called a House of Commons . They went much further : they ...
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... privilege . Not seeing there that freedom , as in countries where it is a common blessing and as broad and general as the air , may be united with much abject toil , with great misery , with all the exterior of servitude , liberty looks ...
... privilege . Not seeing there that freedom , as in countries where it is a common blessing and as broad and general as the air , may be united with much abject toil , with great misery , with all the exterior of servitude , liberty looks ...
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