It's the family you choose that counts.
I don't take advances for my books.
A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status.
Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.
If a train is coming at you, closing your eyes won't save you ... but if you look right at it, you at least have a chance to jump.