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GK Chesterton

The Battle of Lepanto

In the years leading up to the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Ottoman Empire was the strongest and fiercest military in the world, steadily expanding its dominion in Asia, Africa, and Europe. Venice, once a maritime powerhouse, had made… Continue Reading →

Chesterton: ‘Wherever there is Animal worship, there is Human Sacrifice’

Chesterton: ‘Abolish God and Government Becomes the God’

“But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.” “Christendom in Dublin”. Book by G. K. Chesterton, Ch. III: Very… Continue Reading →

‘Tolerance is the Virtue of the Man without Convictions’ – Chesterton

Rootlessness, Alienation, and the Problem of Property

Every time I read Richard Weaver’s magnum opus, Ideas Have Consequences, there is a sentence, written in one of the last chapters of the book, that really catches my attention: “It is not a little disquieting to realize that in… Continue Reading →

A Libertarian Critique of Pure Distributism

After the clear failure of socialism in the 20th century and the various problems created by capitalism, many in the last 120 years have sought a “third way” economic system—an alternative to capitalism and socialism. Catholics from Hilaire Belloc and… Continue Reading →

Chesterton: The Most Extraordinary Thing In the World

“We shall soon be in a world in which a man may be howled down for saying that two and two make four, in which people will persecute the heresy of calling a triangle a three-sided figure, and hang a man for maddening a mob with the news that grass is green.” G.K. Chesterton

Chesterton: ‘There is no meaning in democracy if there is no meaning in anything.’

Chesterton on Gratitude

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