... has turned his back on the ideals of justice, which seemed so much more plausible when we were young. We've not lost faith; but for some the years have been very discouraging. Many of us can't see beyond the boundaries of our own difficulties. We're like a tribe of naked people caught suddenly in freezing climate, men and women gathered in some sheltered hollow who have located a fire, and now spend their time in forays over a barren land scrounging for wood.

Barry Lopez,
The Bear in the Road in "Resistance"