The statement taxation without representation is tyranny was first proclaimed by

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The statement taxation without representation is tyranny was first proclaimed by

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James Otis

The phrase had been used for more than a generation in Ireland. By 1765, the term was in use in Boston, and local politician James Otis was most famously associated with the phrase, "taxation without representation is tyranny."