John Hancock Quotes

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• ...that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory.
• There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!
• A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.
• In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward…
• We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together.
• Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting…
• I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon a Constitution formed…
• I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.
• The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.
• Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly…
• 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;…
• Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear: let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears…
• Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every…
• Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every…
• I shall look forward to a pleasant time.
• I find money some way or other goes very fast. But I think I can reflect it has been spent with satisfaction and to my…
• The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future government, naturally suggest the…
• The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.
• There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!

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