And Now, A Word From Our Forefathers...

"The future happiness or misery of a great proportion of the human race is at stake--and if we make a wrong choice, ourselves and our posterity must be wretched. Wrong choice! There can be but one choice consistent with the character of a people possessing the least degree of reason. And that is to separate--to separate from that people who from a total dissolution of virtue among them must be our enemies--an event which I devoutly pray may soon take place; let it be as soon as may be."--Henry Knox, in a letter to John Adams, May 16, 1776.

"That our affairs may take a more favorable turn, the Congress have judged it necessary to dissolve the connection between Great Britain and the American colonies, and to declare them free and independent states; as you will perceive by the enclosed Declaration, which I am directed to transmit to you, and to request you will have it proclaimed at the head of the army in the way you shall think most proper."--John Hancock, it the "cover letter" to King George that accompanied the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776.

Our forefathers really rocked, don't you think?