"All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in." - Glbert K. Chesterton

"Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another." - Gilbert K. Chesterton

"The only defensible war is a war of defense." - Gilbert K. Chesterton