Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity.
William Ellery Channing, William Henry Channing (1860). “Memoir of William Ellery Channing, with extracts from his correspondence and manuscripts ...”, p.424
