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*"In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."<ref>[https://www.chesterton.org/taking-a-fence-down/ Taking a Fence Down]</ref>

*"In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, “I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: “If you don’t see the use of it, I certainly won’t let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it."<ref>[https://www.chesterton.org/taking-a-fence-down/ Taking a Fence Down]</ref>

*"Christendom has had a series of revolutions and in each one of them Christianity has died. Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/472193-christendom-has-had-a-series-of-revolutions-and-in-each</ref>

*"Christendom has had a series of revolutions and in each one of them Christianity has died. Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave."<ref>https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/472193-christendom-has-had-a-series-of-revolutions-and-in-each</ref>

*“For the next great heresy is going to be simply an attack on ]]morality]]; and especially on sexual morality. And it is coming, not from a few Socialists surviving from the [[Fabian Society]], but from the living exultant energy of the rich resolved to enjoy themselves at last, with neither Popery nor [[Puritan]]ism nor Socialism to hold them back … The madness of tomorrow is not in Moscow, but much more in Manhattan.”<ref>G.K. Chesterton, "The Next Heresy," in G.K.’s Weekly, June 19, 1926.</ref>

*“For the next great heresy is going to be simply an attack on [[morality]]; and especially on sexual morality. And it is coming, not from a few Socialists surviving from the [[Fabian Society]], but from the living exultant energy of the rich resolved to enjoy themselves at last, with neither Popery nor [[Puritan]]ism nor Socialism to hold them back … The madness of tomorrow is not in Moscow, but much more in Manhattan.”<ref>G.K. Chesterton, "The Next Heresy," in G.K.’s Weekly, June 19, 1926.</ref>

*"[[Tolerance]] is the [[virtue]] of people who do not believe in anything."<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/author/2799-Gilbert_K_Chesterton/tag/virtue#:~:text=Tolerance%20is%20the%20virtue%20of%20those%20who%20don't%20believe%20anything.&text=Tolerance%20is%20a%20virtue%20of,t%20believe%20in%20anything%20anymore.&text=We%20ought%20to%20be%20interested,the%20virtues%20that%20he%20cannot.</ref>

*"[[Tolerance]] is the [[virtue]] of people who do not believe in anything."<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/author/2799-Gilbert_K_Chesterton/tag/virtue#:~:text=Tolerance%20is%20the%20virtue%20of%20those%20who%20don't%20believe%20anything.&text=Tolerance%20is%20a%20virtue%20of,t%20believe%20in%20anything%20anymore.&text=We%20ought%20to%20be%20interested,the%20virtues%20that%20he%20cannot.</ref>