If politicians are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they stand...

To take usury is contrary to Scripture;
It is contrary to Aristotle;
It is contrary to nature, for it is to live
without labour;  It is to sell time, which 
belongs to God, for the advantage of
wicked men; It is to rob those who use 
the money lent, and to whom, since
they make it profitable, the profits should
belong...

History gets thicker as it
approaches recent times.