# We hold these truths to be self-evident...

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**Created:** [August 10, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/631032 "2012-08-10T01:33:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-hold-these-truths-to-be-self-evident/631032/1 "2012-08-10T01:33:17Z")

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… that cake is thicker than water.

And two in the hand is worth _more_ than one in the bush!

And that you should never cook your _chickens_ before they hatch, you should cook _eggs_ before they hatch! Or, possibly, eggs that aren’t going to hatch! THAT’S MORE TRADITIONAL AROUND HERE!

So go out there, and remember: It wasn’t _over_ when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor, it wasn’t _over_ when one of those poor, dumb bastards died for his country, and, when the team is up against it, and the breaks are beating the boys, tell them to go out there with all they’ve got and say, the Gipper said, “General T’so, WHAT ARE YOU, CHICKEN!?!”