If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a development, often a late development and very often indeed the end of societies that have been highly democratic. A despotism may almost be defined as a tired democracy. As fatigue falls on a community, the citizens are less inclined for that eternal vigilance which has truly been called the price of liberty; and they prefer to arm only one single sentinel to watch the city while they sleep.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBrave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Gilbert K. ChestertonCatholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.
Gilbert K. Chesterton