“I suppose that St. George is our own original St. George, who killed the Dragon and afterwards married the grand lady. In many of the marriages of grand ladies, however, which take place in this parish, the preliminary ceremony of the gentleman killing a dragon is often omitted. I am against all this dropping of the full formalities.” MarriageCatholicCatholicismSt George Author:G.K. Chesterton
“And then I saw, in my vision, that just as there are two fires, so there are two revolutions. And I saw that the whole mad modern world is a race between them. Which will happen first--the revolution in which bad things shall perish, or that other revolution in which good things shall perish also?” RevolutionActivism Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“The only crime of the Government is that it governs. The unpardonable sin of the supreme power is that it is supreme. I do not curse you for being cruel. I do not curse you (though I might) for being kind. I curse you for being safe!” ForceRiskActivismCoercion Book:The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare Source: The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare