When the mass of men are dispossessed - own nothing - they become wholly dependent upon the owners; and when those owners are in active competition to lower the cost of production the mass of men whom they exploit not only lack the power to order their own lives, but suffer from want and insecurity as well.
Hilaire BellocIt has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics.
Hilaire BellocWherever the Catholic sun doth shine, Thereโs always laughter and good red wine. At least Iโve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!
Hilaire BellocJust as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography.
Hilaire Belloc