O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.
G. K. CHESTERTONJournalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Hell is God’s great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.
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The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.
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The past is not what it was.
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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
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We do not need a censorship of the press. We have a censorship by the press… It is not we who silence the press. It is the press who silences us.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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