“What is needed is a form of tax which not only spares the small man at the expense of his wealthier rival, but actually subsidizes the small man where subsidy is necessary.” TaxesCatholicCatholicismDistributismEconomic Reform Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“The essential of the guild-idea is that [of] men pursuing the same form of activity, but only in cooperation limited to the end of preserving the economic freedom-that is the property and livelihood-of each member of the guild.” EconomicsCatholicDistributismEconomic Reform Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“Now there is discoverable in man, Freewill. His actions are of moral value to him if they are undertaken upon his own initiative; not if they are undertaken under compulsion. Therefore the use of choice is necessary to human dignity. A man deprived of choice is by that the less a man, and this we all show through the repugnance excited in us by unauthorized restraint and subjection, through coercion rather than authority, to another’s will. We cannot do good, or even evil, unless we do it freely; and if we admit the idea of good at all in human society, freedom must be its accompaniment.” FreedomLibertyVirtueMoralityEthicsCatholicFree WillCatholicismFreedom And LibertyFreewill Book:An Essay on the Restoration of Property Source: An Essay on the Restoration of Property
“The Catholic Church is an institution I am bound to hold divine - but for unbelievers a proof of its divinity might be found in the fact that no merely human institution conducted with such knavish imbecility would have lasted a fortnight.” HumansFactsMightFoundChurchDivineCatholicInstitutionsBoundsProofDivinityCatholic ChurchUnbelieversImbecilityFortnight Author:Hilaire Belloc
“It is Mind which determines the change of Society, and it was because the mind at work was a Catholic mind that the slave became a serf and was on his way to becoming a peasant and a fully free man-a man free economically as well as politically. The whole spirit of the Church was for small property, and that spirit was slowly, instinctively, working for the establishment of small property throughout Christendom.” MenWayMindWellsWholeSpiritPoliticsChurchEconomyBecomingCatholicPropertySlaveDetermineLiberalismEstablishmentPeasantsFree ManChristendomSerfs Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“When one remembers how the Catholic Church has been governed, and by whom, one realizes that it must have been divinely inspired to have survived at all.” Has BeensRememberRealizingChurchCatholicInspiredSurvivedCatholic Church Author:Hilaire Belloc
“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” FoundSunLaughterRedCatholicWineShiningRed Wine Author:Hilaire Belloc
“I am a Catholic. As far as possible, I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative.” IfsMassAccountsDown AndCatholicRejectsThank GodRepresentativesBeadsRosaryIndignity Author:Hilaire Belloc
