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. CHESTERTONIt’s the first effect of not believing in God that you lose your common sense.
More Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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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.
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There is one thing which gives radiance to everything. It is the idea of something around the corner.
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Art is born when the temporary touches the eternal.
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Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.
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Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes people forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves.
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People talk of the pathos and failure of plain women; but it is a more terrible thing that a beautiful woman may succeed in everything but womanhood.
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There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.
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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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A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.
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Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.
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Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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All government is an ugly necessity.
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