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G. K. Chesterton — Portrait after a picture by Ernest Herbert Mills (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist

1874–1936

94 quotes, most often on Christianity, God and Truth & Lies. Part of the Writers collection.

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 it.
In The Illustrated London News (6 April 1918)
- Politics
The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally wrong about what is right.
- Politics
The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.
In The Illustrated London News (1924)
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers.
All Things Considered (1908)
- Journalism
- Politics

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