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All government is an ugly necessity.

Gilbert 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.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Believe Country Government People
A child’s instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child’s hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Christian Orthodoxy Sin
All government is an ugly necessity.
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Government Necessity Ugly
Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.
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Eye Spring Story Sunset
I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.
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Bath Believe Practice
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally. It may be conceded to the mathematician that four is twice two. But two is not twice one; two is two thousand times one.
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Catholic Discipline Wall
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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Entirely Men School Stake
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Hate Ignorance People You
There is no better test of a man’s ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong… A stiff apology is a second insult.
GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

Apology Integrity Men
At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.
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Art Brain Spiritual
When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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Grateful Gratitude Life Live
I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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Art Beautiful Beauty
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Christianity Morality Religion
We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.
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Boat Same Seasick
It’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
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Believe Common Firsts Sense
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Common Faith Inspiration Sense

All government is an ugly necessity.

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