The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.