James Otis Quotes
…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…
See {627027} for an earlier expression of this point.
James Otis, 1725-1783, Attorney & Member of the Colonial Massachusetts legislature, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Approved, 1764
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Primogeniture is the system where property is inherited from the father to the first born son. At the time women could not own property unless they were widows. It is the basis of most aristocracies. See {627010} for an American view of primogeniture that was stated a little earlier.
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.
