“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.”
Quote by John Hancock
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John Hancock
John Hancock, born on January 23, 1737, and died on October 8, 1793, was a prominent political figure in the American Revolutionary War era. He served as the President of the Continental Congress and was one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. more
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