James Otis Quotes
Let the consequences be what they will, I am determined to proceed.
Citations
Tudor, William. The Life of James Otis, of Massachusetts. Wells and Lilly, 1823, p. 64.
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James Otis Jr. was an American lawyer, political activist, pamphleteer, and legislator in Boston, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly, and an early advocate of the Patriot views against the policy of Parliament which led to the American Revolution. His well-known catchphrase "Taxation without Representation is tyranny" became the basic Patriot position.