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The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.

G. K. Chesterton

I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Committee Myself Search See
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
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
You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Problem See Solution Yourself
The Darwinian movement has made no difference to mankind, except that, instead of talking unphilosophically about philosophy, they now talk unscientifically about science.
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Difference Exception Movement Philosophy Science
Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem”.
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Avoid Goodness Requirement Virtue Wife Woman Yourself
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
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Believe Cleaning Perspective Water
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.
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Afraid Himself Man Woman
We make our friends; we make our enemies; but God makes our next door neighbour.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enemy Friendship God Ourselves
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Enough Place Removal Yourself
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
G. K. CHESTERTON

Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself

The State did not own men so entirely, even when it could send them to the stake, as it sometimes does now where it can send them to the elementary school.

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