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We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the sole method of government and therefore the sole standard of manners.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.
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