Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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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 by wisdom, and sanctified by the solemn choice of the people who are to live under it. May the Supreme ruler of the world be pleased to establish and perpetuate these new foundations of liberty and glory....Thank God, my country is saved and by the smile of Heaven I am a free and independant man.

John Hancock's Popular Quotes

I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.

- John Hancock

A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

- John Hancock

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

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…

- John Hancock

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; …

- John Hancock

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…

- John Hancock

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

- John Hancock

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

- John Hancock

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!

- John Hancock