The greatest and most important right of a British subject … - Joseph W. Yost

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The greatest and most important right of a British subject is, that he shall be governed by no laws but those to which he either in person, or by his representative, hath given his consent: and this...is the grand basis of British freedom; it is interwoven with the constitution; and whenever this is lost, the constitution must be destroyed.

Joseph W. Yost

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Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 – June 17, 1775), a Founding Father of the United States, was an American physician who was one of the most important figures in the Patriot movement in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution. His death at the Battle of Bunker Hill galvanized the rebel forces.

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: <small>E. B. Williston (ed.) Eloquence of the United States, vol. 5 (1827), pp. 2–16</small>

: <small>R. Frothingham, Life and Times of Joseph Warren (1865), p. 345</small>

Stain not the glory of your worthy ancestors, but like them, resolve never to part with your birth-right; be wise in your deliberations, and determined in your exertions for the preservation of your liberties.

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