Liberty is the very last idea that seems to occur to anybody, in considering any political or social proposal. It is only necessary for anybody for any reason to allege any evidence of any evil in any human practice, for people instantly to suggest that the practice should be suppressed by the police.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAs for the general view that the Church was discredited by the Warโthey might as well say that the Ark was discredited by the Flood. When the world goes wrong, it proves rather that the Church is right. The Church is justified, not because her children do not sin, but because they do.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhere does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.
Gilbert K. ChestertonOne elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.
Gilbert K. Chesterton