“But all conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. If you leave a white post alone it will soon be a black post. If you particularly want it to be white you must be always painting it again; that is, you must be always having a revolution.” – G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1908

In other words, as Jesse Sumpter explains: “The world is always changing. People grow old and things fall apart. True conservatives must be vigilant and active because there is a standard which we are aiming for and we cannot reach that standard trying to maintain the status quo.”

True conservatism is radically active. It knows that liberty can be lost in a generation. True conservatism does hail back to the “good old days” but it keeps them dusted off, repainted, and repaired. It is constantly vigilant. And where a line of defense goes awry, it is quick to re-form the line.

Christmastide, Feast of the Holy Innocents, G. K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man, The Uses of DIversity

CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Nothing could be more bitterly tragic than the butchery of the children of Bethlehem at the moment of the Christ child’s birth and the salvation of the world it portends. Continue reading CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Christmastide, Feast of the Holy Innocents, G. K. Chesterton

CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Chesterton wrote about Herod and his atrocity upon the children of Bethlehem from two vantages: First, in a biting satirical way, where his pen was used as sword, both as artist and writer, and then again, 5 years later, with deep mourning in his masterpiece, The Everlasting Man. Continue reading CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

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