Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBecause a girl should have long hair, she should have clean hair; because she should have clean hair, she should not have an unclean home; because she should not have an unclean home, she should have a free and leisured mother; because she should have a free mother, she should not have an usurious landlord; because there should not be a usurious landlord, there should be a redistribution of property; because there should be a redistribution of property, there shall be a revolution.
Gilbert K. ChestertonEvery one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.
Gilbert K. ChestertonAll the controversialists who have become conscious of the real issue are already saying of our ideal exactly what used to be said of the Socialists' ideal. They are saying that private property is too ideal not to be impossible. They are saying that private enterprise is too good to be true. They are saying that the idea of ordinary men owning ordinary possessions is against the laws of political economy and requires an alteration in human nature.
Gilbert K. Chesterton