You have to lose your mind to come to your senses.

DOXASTIC OPENNESS “If you are a person of the same sort as myself, I should be glad to continue questioning you: If not, I can let it drop. Of what sort am I? One of those who would be glad to be refuted if I say anything untrue, and glad to refute anyone else who might speak untruly; but just as glad, mind you, to be refuted as to refute, since I regard the former as the greater benefit.” —Socrates in Gorgias

There is nothing like watching the great powers at work to demonstrate just how ephemeral “eternal” principles are, and how expedient their implementation.