What is to hinder them [government officials] from
creating a perpetual debt? The laws of nature, I
answer. The earth belongs to the living, not to
the dead. The will and power of man expire with
his life, by nature's law. . . . We may consider
each generation as a distinct nation, with a right,
by the will of its majority, to bind themselves,
but none to bind the succeeding generation, more
than the inhabitants of another country.
--Thomas Jefferson (1743—1826) Letter to John W. Eppes [24 June 1813].

What is your only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I am not my own but belong - body and soul, in life and in death - to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me whole-heartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.- Heidelberg Catechism Q & A 1
 
If Christ tarries until the year 10,000 to return, Gentlemen, then WE will be the Early Church.  —D. Elton Trueblood
 
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. -Augustine