Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will... - Thomas Jefferson

"Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom."

"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."

"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."

"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"

"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."