John Hancock Quotes

#1. 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.

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#2. That all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory.

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#3. There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!

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#4. People who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.

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#5. There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!

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#6. 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 it

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#7. Maybe we need to fall on the common-sense side of protecting these species, but continue harvesting wood products we all use and enjoy. We've got to be able to do both - protect water quality and species, as well as harvest trees.

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#8. 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 propriety of proclaiming it in such a manner as that the people may be universally informed of it.

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#9. I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

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#10. 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 own honour.

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#11. I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but also that you act!

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#12. 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 defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.

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#13. The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best citizens.

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#14. 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 of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.

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#15. We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together.

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#16. The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

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