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Religious unity can look like a carnival and religious liberty can look like a funeral.
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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People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.
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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not.
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The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.
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