Maxioms by Gilbert Keith Chesterton
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate read more
"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would
think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying,
"My mother, drunk or sober."
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, read more
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little
man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making
a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands read more
It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.
Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.