There, I guess King George will be able to read that!

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Quoted in "John Hancock and Bull Story" at snopes.com as one variant of traditional anecdotes of Hancock's purported exclamation at signing the United States Declaration of Independence; there are actually no contemporary or credible accounts of any of the signers declaring anything at the signing.

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There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles and may now double his reward of £500 for my head. That is my defiance. | The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward. | King George can read that without spectacles!

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