A biography for John Hancockhasn’t been written yet.
“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.”
“There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!”
“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.”
“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.”