Quote#Freedom
But the right to take ten pounds, implies the right to take a…
Quote byJames Otis · 1725–1783
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in The Class Book of American Literature (1826) edited by John Frost, Lesson XLIX : Specimen of the Eloquence of James Otis i extracted from "The Rebels.".
English (original)
But the right to take ten pounds, implies the right to take a thousand; and what must be the wealth, that avarice, aided by power, cannot exhaust?
— James Otis
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