Gilbert K. Chesterton - A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the roo...

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A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Radikaler meinte im Allgemeinen einen Mann, der glaubte, er könnte die Wurzel hochziehen, ohne die Blume zu beeinflussen. Ein Konservativer meinte im Allgemeinen einen Mann, der alles außer seinem eigenen Grund für das Konservieren von etwas bewahren wollte.

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