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If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments

G. K. Chesterton

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.
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Destiny Greatness Humanity Nation Ordinary Story
The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.
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Argument Hate Interrupt Myself Session
The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children.
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Children Extraordinary Family Magic Ordinary Woman
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
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
Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
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
I may not practice what I preach but God forbid I should preach what I practice
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Action God Knowledge Myself Practice
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
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
Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.
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Believe People Tolerance Virtue
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
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way

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