Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. Worse, he is incurable. In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. Liberals have many tails and chase them all.
Democracy is also a form of worship.
It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses. One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing. We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.