"For if such actions may have passage free, bondslaves and pagans shall out statesmen be"(Shakespeare 14).
This rather bold statement by Barbantio displays his feelings of urgency and frustration towards the situation regarding his daughter. He cannot be condemned for his rash actions and jump to conmclusions when he finds his daughter gone; it is the way most parents would react. However, his want to punish Othello so immediately is a bit much. In this line, he is basically saying that if the government will allow someone to go unpunished for what he has figured to be a grave crime, then the statesmen might as well be "bondslaves and pagans"(14). This is a pretty bad assumption, seeing as those were most likely two of the lowliest types of people in that era. This statement shows that Barbantio may in the future cause trouble with his temper, accusations, and impetuousness.
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