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... stubborn parliamentary struggle in England . The fundamental reason why America changed the conflict from a strife for political liberty to one for in- dependence appears when we note the divergence of the political xvii AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
... stubborn parliamentary struggle in England . The fundamental reason why America changed the conflict from a strife for political liberty to one for in- dependence appears when we note the divergence of the political xvii AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
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... liberty that when James Otis , a Boston lawyer , resisted by an impassioned speech the issue of such writs his arguments met universal approval.3 In perfect good faith he argued , after the manner of the ancient law - writers , that ...
... liberty that when James Otis , a Boston lawyer , resisted by an impassioned speech the issue of such writs his arguments met universal approval.3 In perfect good faith he argued , after the manner of the ancient law - writers , that ...
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... Liberty , for alleged evasion of the customs duties , there was a riot which so frightened the officers that they fled to the fort and wrote to England for soldiers . This and other acts of resistance to the govern- ment led Parliament ...
... Liberty , for alleged evasion of the customs duties , there was a riot which so frightened the officers that they fled to the fort and wrote to England for soldiers . This and other acts of resistance to the govern- ment led Parliament ...
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... Liberty ( June , 1768 ) , two regiments of British soldiers were stationed in Boston . The very in- adequacy of the force made its relations with the citizens strained , for they resented without fearing it . After enduring months of ...
... Liberty ( June , 1768 ) , two regiments of British soldiers were stationed in Boston . The very in- adequacy of the force made its relations with the citizens strained , for they resented without fearing it . After enduring months of ...
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... liberty he also loved peace . There was in him a spirit of moderation and conciliation . Though born a Quaker , he believed defensive war permissible . His own rights he would not allow to be trodden upon , nor would he invade the ...
... liberty he also loved peace . There was in him a spirit of moderation and conciliation . Though born a Quaker , he believed defensive war permissible . His own rights he would not allow to be trodden upon , nor would he invade the ...
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Page 77 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 142 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of Magistrate, Legislator, or Judge, to be hereditary.
Page 123 - ... deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Page 144 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage...
Page 136 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Page 323 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 140 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 231 - For some days past, there has been little less than a famine in camp. A part of the army has been a week without any kind of flesh, and the rest three or four days. Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their suffering to a general mutiny and dispersion.
Page 42 - Such a dearth of public spirit, and such want of virtue, such stock-jobbing, and fertility in all the low arts to obtain advantages of one kind or another, in this great change of military arrangement, I never saw before, and pray God's mercy that I may never be witness to again.
Page 188 - I confess I dread their overruling influence in council ; I dread their low cunning, and those levelling principles which men without character and without fortune in general possess, which are so captivating to the lower class of mankind, and which will occasion such a fluctuation of property as to introduce the greatest disorder.