Ocupation: Writer
Life: May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936
Birthday: May 29
Death: June 14
The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest have failed.
source: Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.127, Simon and Schuster
topic: Mean, Liberty, Superstitions, Silencing