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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.
         

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.


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God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.



Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.



Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.



I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right

I don't need a church to tell me I'm wrong where I already know I'm wrong; I need a Church to tell me I'm wrong where I think I'm right



The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.

The more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.



A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.

A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.



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?

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?



It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.



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.

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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When I was 4 years old ... I dreamt that I'd been eaten by a wolf, and to my great surprise I was in the wolf's stomach and not in heaven.

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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.

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