Occupation: Former President Of The Continental Congress Birth: January 23, 1737 Death: October 8, 1793
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 ….
I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon a Constitution fo….
A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life..
I shall look forward to a pleasant time..
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 ha….
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; ….
I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny..
Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God….
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 off the….
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!.
We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together..
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 glist….
Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promotin….
I John Hancock, . . . being advanced in years and being of perfect mind and memory-thanks be given to God-therefore calling to mind the mortality of ….
The important consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and foundation of a future governme….
The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward..
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 the easiest access-and ….
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 measure f….
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 ….
...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!.