Taxation without representation is tyranny.
why did james otis make this statement?
he believed that america's representatives in parliament were corrupt.
he was a loyalist who supported british taxes after the war with france.
he believed american colonists should be able to vote in parliament.
he was the head of the massachusetts committee of correspondence.

James Otis made this statement, because he believed American colonists should be able to vote in Parliament. He believed equality for all Americans, including Whites and Blacks, which was very advanced for his time and is noted for being "a lawyer in Colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts provincial assembly and an early advocate of the Patriot views against British policy that led to the American Revolution."