I Am Used To Hear Bad Men

Even At Our Birth, Death Does But Stand Aside A Little. And Every Day He Looks Toward Us And Muses Somewhat To Himself Whether That Day Or The Next He Will Draw Nigh.

If We Lived In A State Where Virtue Was Profitable, Common Sense Would Make Us Good, And Greed Would Make Us Saintly. And We'd Live Like Animals Or Angels In The Happy Land That /needs/ No Heroes. But Since In Fact We See That Avarice, Anger, Envy, Pride, Sloth, Lust And Stupidity Commonly Profit Far Beyond Humility, Chastity, Fortitude, Justice And Thought, And Have To Choose, To Be Human At All... Why Then Perhaps We /must/ Stand Fast A Little --even At The Risk Of Being Heroes.

Doin' Nothing's A Dangerous Occupation.

Thomas More: ...and When The Last Law Was Down, And The Devil Turned Around On You--where Would You Hide, Roper, The Laws All Being Flat? This Country's Planted Thick With Laws From Coast To Coast--man's Laws, Not God's--and If You Cut Them Down...d'you Really Think You Could Stand Upright In The Winds That Would Blow Then? Yes, I'd Give The Devil Benefit Of Law, For My Own Safety's Sake.

When Statesmen Forsake Their Own Private Conscience For The Sake Of Their Public Duties, They Lead Their Country By A Short Route To Chaos.