John Hancock
John Hancock
John Hancockwas an American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term "John Hancock" has become, in the United States, a synonym for a signature...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth23 January 1737
CountryUnited States of America
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 for their support and encouragement ... Manners, by which not only the freedom, but the very existence of the republics, are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion and the good education of youth; in both these instances our fathers laid wise foundations, for which their posterity have had reason to bless their memory.
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 impending judgments, ...at the same time all confidence must be withheld from the means we use; and reposed only on that God rules in the armies of Heaven, and without His whole blessing, the best human counsels are but foolishness.
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.
There's only so many priorities that you can fund. What you choose to target, you need to win.
The residents that are there are really concerned they're being disenfranchised, and they don't have a voice in what's going to happen to them.
RSPCA Dog of the Year is an opportunity for dogs which were once unwanted to take centre stage with their new owners and show just what fun and loving pets rescue dogs can make,
At about ten million miles a week, we can consume a lot.
I think, on balance, most Missourians agree with the approaches that the legislature and governor have taken to reform the Medicaid system while still providing a very generous benefit to low-income Missourians.
Nothing could be more crazy than that. I had no idea that it was being changed. This guy is eat up with these conspiracy theories and this insanity.
Medicaids a state issue. She doesnt understand the difference between state policy and federal policy,
We're not desperate, we just want to get our head count up to our control level. I'd like to hire about nine or 10, and I think that would move us into this winter and spring. We're basically hiring and training year- round.
Because the voters are going to decide this issue one way or the other, I just don't think the candidates' positions are that big of a deal.
It's really hurting drivers because of the cost of fuel.
It will be interesting to see how she reconciles her rhetoric of 2004, when she said that the election (for governor) was all about experience, when in this race, she's at a decided experience disadvantage.