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It was the people who did not care who filled the world with fire and oppression. It was the hands of the indifferent that lit the faggots it was the hands of the indifferent that turned the rack.
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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The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego the self is more distant than any star.
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There is no better test of a man's ultimate chivalry and integrity than how he behaves when he is wrong... A stiff apology is a second insult.
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The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.
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If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.
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If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit: but, obviously, we must argue.
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Dogma does not mean the absence of thought, but the end of thought.
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Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.
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