No one ever goes into battle thinking God is on the other side.
People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.
It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.
In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.
Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.