The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.
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| — | G. K. Chesterton in the Illustrated London News 1924-04-19 (quoth Wikipedia). I just thought this was an interesting example of how much things change. This was written over 85 years ago! |