All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?
What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.'
The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
Music begins where words leave off. Music expresses the inexpressible. If there is a Kingdom of Heaven, it lies in music.