Faith may be encouraged by what has happened in the past, or what is thought to have happened in the past, but the only proof of it is in the future.
“John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”