Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes
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.
He was referring to views like those of Stephen Decatur {599442} and Carl Schurtz {33636}.
Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1874-1936, English Writer, The Defendant, 1901
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See Carl Schurz {33636} for an 1872 version and G. K Chesterton for perspective {597471}.
For variations on this theme see Stephen Decatur, Meyer London, Charles Churchill and Carl Schurtz
This is a variation of the famous G. K. Chesterton quotation {444365}.
He had been asked about the so called American “atrocities” for the bombing of North Vietnam targets. For this response Denton was tortured even more than he had been before which he disclosed on the television by blinking his eyes in Morse Code spelling TORTURE.
In 1924 Congress Voted a bonus for all veterans of World War I. However, the President vetoed the bonus with this infamous statement. Congress overrode Coolidge’s veto, and the bonus became law but the administration did not pay it then. Subsequent Congresses did not appropriate the money to pay the bonuses, and that led to the tragedy of the government attack on the Bonus Army in the midst of the Great Depression in 1932. See Quotation 643961.
1st Earl of Oxford
- Born: May 29, 1874
- Died: June 14, 1936
- Nationality: English
- Profession: Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC*SG was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Time magazine observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."
