The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.
Gilbert K. ChestertonWhat we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another.
Gilbert K. ChestertonThat all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance
Gilbert K. ChestertonNo man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
Gilbert K. Chesterton