Quotes
 An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.- Ubi libertas ibi patria
- ALL PRECEDENTS ARE UNDER THE CONTROUL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW... No Acts of Parliament can establish such a writ [writ of assistance enabling British search of homes for no reason]: : it would be void, 'AN ACT AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION IS VOID.' Vid. Viner. But : special writs may be granted on oath and probable suspicion.
- ... [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 tyrant, from the director of an African company to the petty chapman [peddler]:. It is a clear truth, that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.
- A man's house is his castle.
- Dew depends not on Parliament.
- If we are not represented, we are slaves.
- It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own.
- Taxation without representation is tyranny.
- What must be the wealth that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust!
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