They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the met…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.32, Simon and Schuster
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