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For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

G. K. Chesterton

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
Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.
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God Religion Stupidity Worship
Do not be so open-minded that your brains fall out.
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Brain Fall Open Minded Stupidity Yourself
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
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
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love
Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.
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Hope Seem
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
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
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.
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Believe End Himself Man Problem Worst
You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.
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Fight Love Yourself
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Sick Togetherness
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
There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Difference Hear Listening
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.
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Discipline Fear Happiness Promise Trouble Weird

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