But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntarysuffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.
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This quote is just one of 51 total G. K. Chesterton quotes in our collection. G. K. Chesterton is known for saying 'But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.' as well as some of the following quotes.
A dead thing goes with the stream. Only a living thing can go against it.
'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
This quote is just one of 51 total G. K. Chesterton quotes in our collection. G. K. Chesterton is known for saying 'But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.' as well as some of the following quotes.