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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.

G. K. Chesterton

If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.
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Courage Face Himself Ideas Person Wisdom
Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful.
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Beginning Hope Reason
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
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Enough Place Removal Yourself
It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.
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Complain Evolution Pretend Thinking Weird
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.
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Establishment Myself Religion Rule Wild
The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Heart Mindset Object Open
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.
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Earth Exception Nature Wonder
The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Man Philosophy Secret Understand
Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.
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Children Dragon Existence Fairy Tale Fantasy Inspirational Kill

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