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This phrase is used in the play / movie version of "1776" as well as the HBO series "John Adams.

It means that as they signed the Declaration of Independence, the undersigned recognized that there would be a storm ( war) since they were declaring their independence from England.

This phrase was actually spoken by John Dickinson from Pennsylvania (one of the few delegates that did not sign the Declaration of Independence). It was part of his argument against the independence movement.

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