...in the hands of every petty officer." Otis' fiery oration later prompted John Adams to reflect that "then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." The words of the Fourth Amendment are mostly the product of James Madison. His original version appeared...

...in the hands of every petty officer." Otis' fiery oration later prompted John Adams to reflect that "then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born." The words of the Fourth Amendment are mostly the product of James Madison. His original version appeared...

...this nation the breath of life.' He 'was a flame of fire! Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against...Assistance. Then and there was the first scene of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born....

...resistance of the colonies to the oppressions of the mother country. 'Then and there,' said John Adams, 'then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.' "These things, and the events which took place in England immediately following the argument about...

...placed "the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer." Of this speech John Adams said: "Then and there was the first scene of the first act...claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child of independence was born:" Boyd v. United States, 116 US 616, 625; 2 Watson's Const., 1415. It is not...

...had a significant impact on colonial thinking was emphasized by John Adams long after the Revolution: "Then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the Child Independence was born." u The behavior of the colonial legislatures provides other proof of just how galling the general warrants...

...had a significant impact on colonial thinking was emphasized by John Adams long after the Revolution: "Then and there was the first scene of the first act...Britain. Then and there the Child Independence was born." J3 The behavior of the colonial legislatures provides other proof of just how galling the general warrants...

...and had listened to Otis' argument later declared, (quote) "Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. . . . Then and there the Child Independence was born." (unquote) Political historians have debated whether and by how much...

...against general warrants and the hated writs. Adams wrote, "Every man of a crowded audience appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance. . . . Then and there the child Independence was born. . . . [H]e grew to manhood, and declared himself free."15 It would...

...against British authority. John Adams wrote of Otis's argument in the Writs of Assistance Case that it was "the first scene of the first act of opposition...Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born."128 The American preservation of the classical common law's tradition-dependent modes of rational...