“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.

Advent, G. K. Chesterton, The Defendant

A CHESTERTON ADVENT: THE HEROIC VIRTUE OF HUMILITY

When he considers the ‘ideal postman’ or the ‘ideal grocer’ or the ‘ideal plumber’, rather than excusing us some politically lower sink of living, Chesterton is calling us to see the heroic virtue in the everyday work and occupations of real men and women, living humbly. Continue reading A CHESTERTON ADVENT: THE HEROIC VIRTUE OF HUMILITY

G. K. Chesterton, The Defendant

After all that inhuman mercy…

How do you present an image of false or “inhuman mercy” as Chesterton calls such and reach the viewer with … Continue reading After all that inhuman mercy…

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