Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Benjamin Franklin: “The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs...”
2. Thomas Paine: "It is ridiculous for a continent to belong to an island."
3. Bible: "Except the Lord build the house they labor in vain that build it."
4. George Washington: refused to punish "men who occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow."
5. Ethan Allen: “In the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.”