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" You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified. "

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" 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. "

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