Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English author, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic.
More quotations from G. K. Chesterton Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: advice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: computers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: art Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Tags: advice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. —G. K. Chesterton More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “democracy” Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. —Art Spander More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul —Alan Corenk More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Vote early and vote often. —Al Capone More about this quote Tags: humor democracy corruption Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. —E. B. White More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost. —Art Spander More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear. —Aristotle More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Self-criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the public soul —Alan Corenk More about this quote Tags: democracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Vote early and vote often. —Al Capone More about this quote Tags: humor democracy corruption Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email