Some boast of being friends to government; I am a friend to righteous government, to a government founded upon the principles of reason and justice; but I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny. — John Hancock Copy Share Image
There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles! — John Hancock Copy Share Image
people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, naturally suggest… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together. — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
It is the Happiness of his Church that, when the Powers of Earth and Hell combine against it...that the Throne of Grace is of… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God,… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
