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  • The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow though it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.

    Speech in House of Commons, ca. March 1763 See Coke 1; Coke 8; Otis 2
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