“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.

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CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST DAY OF ST THOMAS BECKET and THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT

The Church has stood against the State when the State has tried to supersede her relative authority under God in this world. In standing up to evil and obeying God first, it calls on us all to remember Peter’s words in Acts 5:29 Continue reading CHRISTMASTIDE: FEAST DAY OF ST THOMAS BECKET and THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT

G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong With The World

By not being lived enough…

One has to wonder how such a thing was possible, a walk out during a graduation at a university that … Continue reading By not being lived enough…

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