I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time. Hilaire Belloc More Quotes by Hilaire Belloc More Quotes From Hilaire Belloc All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. Hilaire Belloc conflict healthy men It was the Faith which gradually and indirectly transformed the slave into the serf, and the serf into the free peasant... You will not be able to set up in a pagan or an heretical or a wholly indifferent society the institutions characteristic of economic freedom; you will not be able to curb competition which alone would be sufficient to destroy such freedom, nor pursue permanently and consecutively any one part of the program. The thing must be done as a whole, and it can be done as a whole only by the ambient influence of Catholicism. Hilaire Belloc competition done would-be One man in one mood will attack Industrial Capitalism for its destruction of beauty; another for its incompetence; another for the vileness of the men who chiefly prosper under it; another for its mere confusion and noise; another for its false values; it was until recently most fiercely attacked for its impoverishment of the workers, its margin of unemployment and the rest - indeed so fiercely that it was compelled to seek palliatives for the evil. With a mass of men it was attacked from a vague but strong sense of injustice; it allowed a few rich to exploit mankind. Hilaire Belloc strong evil men The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse. Hilaire Belloc abuse bed self It has long been recognized by public men of all kinds. . . that statistics come under the head of lying, and that no lie is so false or inconclusive as that which is based on statistics. Hilaire Belloc humorous funny lying Any subject can be made interesting, and therefore any subject can be made boring. Hilaire Belloc boring made interesting Even if the wealth and power be well distributed throughout a community, its members will not be happy unless they are inwardly so, and obviously where the distribution is bad, where the few have a vast superfluity and the many are consumed by anxiety or want, or where a few controllers can exercise their will over the many, society has failed, even though its total wealth and power be increased. Hilaire Belloc community wisdom exercise When the mass of men are dispossessed - own nothing - they become wholly dependent upon the owners; and when those owners are in active competition to lower the cost of production the mass of men whom they exploit not only lack the power to order their own lives, but suffer from want and insecurity as well. Hilaire Belloc wisdom men order Statistics are the triumph of the quantitative method, and the quantitative method is the victory of sterility and death. Hilaire Belloc victory objectivity science ... But as a Godless greed pursued its career from excess to excess, it provoked a sort of twin hostile brother, equally Godless, born in the same atmosphere of utter disregard for the foundational virtues of humility and charity. This hostile twin brother of Capitalism was destined to be called Communism, and is today setting out to murder its elder. Hilaire Belloc careers humility brother The choice lies between property on the one hand and slavery, public or private, on the other. There is no third issue. Hilaire Belloc issues lying hands Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army! Hilaire Belloc army blow writing The term "Socialism" becomes a common label for the various theories of attack upon the principle of property, the various policies of communal control at the expense of the family and individual freedom. Hilaire Belloc labels principles wisdom Capitalism had arisen through the misuse and exaggeration of certain rights, notably the right of property - the basis of economic freedom - and the right of contract, which is one of the main functions of economic freedom. Therefore, even under Capitalism, so long as the old principles were remembered it was possible to recall the principles whereby Society had once been sane and well ordered. Hilaire Belloc principles rights long The power of the State must be invoked for restoring economic freedom just as it has been invoked for destroying economic freedom. Hilaire Belloc destroying economic states In soft deluding lies let fools delight. A shadow marks our days, which end in Night. Hilaire Belloc shadow night lying It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. Hilaire Belloc second-best singing song Writing itself is a bad enough trade, rightly held up to ridicule and contempt by the greater part of mankind, and especially by those who do real work, plowing, riding, sailing Hilaire Belloc sailing real writing Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. Hilaire Belloc language religious common The propaganda of Communism throughout the world, in organization and direction is in the hands of Jewish agents. As for anyone who does not know that the Bolshevist movement in Russia is Jewish, I can only say that he must be a man who is taken in by the suppression of our deplorable press. Hilaire Belloc organization taken men
