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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.

G. K. Chesterton

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There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities – and found no statues of Committees.
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Committee Myself Search See
Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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Grace Grant Gratitude
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
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 people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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Atheist Deep God Perspective
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
Journalism 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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Fiction Journalism Life Oneself World
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
Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.
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Audience People Right Wrong
Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Ourselves Philosophy Phone Science Talk
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
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Choice Deep Difficult Reality Right

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