If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite poli…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite politics, you will have no answer except slanging or silence. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.257, Simon and Schuster
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If you attempt an actual argument with a modern paper of opposite politics, you will have no answer except slanging or silence. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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