# John Hancock
### Boston's Wealthiest Merchant
 
**Who you are:**  
You are the richest man in Boston — possibly in all of New England. You have warehouses, ships, and a reputation built over decades. You have everything to lose tonight. And you are going to stand up and support the Sons of Liberty anyway, because you believe that liberty matters more than your ledger books.
 
**Your position:**  
You support sending the tea into the harbor — not because you have nothing to lose, but because some things are worth losing everything for.
 
**Your main lines:**  
*"I will not mince words. I have more to lose this night than almost any man here — my ships, my warehouses, my good name. And I tell you plainly: I do not care."*
 
*"I have watched Parliament tax our paper, our paint, our glass — and now our tea. If we pay this duty tonight, we say to the Crown: do as you will with us. We are yours. I am not theirs. And neither, I believe, are you."*
 
**If the moderator asks you to speak freely, you might say:**  
- *"I lay my fortune on the altar of liberty. I hope it is enough."*
- *"History is watching. Not just Parliament — history itself."*
**Your final line:**  
*"I have ships in that harbor. Tonight I say — let the tea go with them."*