John Hancock 1st Signer of the Declaration of Independence “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.” —History of the United States of America, Vol. II, p. 229. William Penn Founder of Pennsylvania “I do declare to the whole world that we believe