More from Gilbert Keith Chesterton

  1. When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to i…
  2. There are two ways of dealing with nonsense in this world. One way is to put nonsense in the right place; as when people put nonsense into …
  3. All government is an ugly necessity.
  4. I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong wi…
  5. To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
  6. If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
  7. The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.
  8. The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. Th…

All Gilbert Keith Chesterton quotes