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There were 56 signers, not 5. The website linked below lists their names and gives short biographies.
He signed the Declaration of Independence and has the third most valued autograph on Earth. It is estimated at $150,000.
when any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it
... He [the King] has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. ...
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Hancock, John Adams, and more wrote the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence like most state constitutions in that it quoted the ideas of john Locke. These principles were the right to life, liberty, and property.