“My father, whom I implicitly believed, represented adult life as one of incessant drudgery under the continual threat of financial ruin.”

“Whom man kill, God restores to life; whom the brothers pursue the Father redeems. Pray and believe and go onward into life. You Father is there.”

“Reality continues to ruin my life.”

“The USA was the explicit answer to an implicit threat of war, whereas the EU was the implicit answer to explicit experiences of war.”

“...heresy was often perceived by the Church as a financial or political threat rather than merely a theological one.”

“A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.”