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Every one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

James Otis
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"James Otis: Against Writs of Assistance". James Otis' speech (February 1761), as quoted in William Tudor "James Otis's Speech on the Writs of Assistance", books.google.com. 1906.
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant in a legal manner, also may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.