Maxioms by G. K. Chesterton
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
We are all in the same boat in a stormy sea, and we owe each other a terrible loyalty.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But read more
All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. read more
'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, read more
Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate ting, like pain or a particular smell. - Tremendous Trifles.
