It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.
I am suspicious of guilt in myself and in other people; it is usually a way of not thinking, or of announcing one's own fine sensibilities the better to be rid of them fast.
Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
You lose your manners when you're poor.
Fear comes with middle age.
Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.