Article note: It took me a while to have time to sit down and read this - it's not short - but it's a fabulous piece.
Also, I'm apparently overdue to reread the bridge trilogy.
When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong – faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s to late.