Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
G. K. CHESTERTONCIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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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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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Faith means believing the unbelievable.
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To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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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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The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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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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Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.
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