Chesterton quote used by Michael Gerson in his 10/12/2017 Washington Post op-ed, "Republicans, it's time to panic".
Related reading:
Who is this Guy and Why Haven’t I Heard of Him? by Dale Ahlquist. (The American Chesterton Society)
High praise indeed! Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) cannot be summed up in one sentence. Nor in one paragraph. In fact, in spite of the fine biographies that have been written of him, he has never been captured between the covers of one book. But rather than waiting to separate the goats from the sheep, let’s just come right out and say it: G.K. Chesterton was the best writer of the 20th century. He said something about everything and he said it better than anybody else. But he was no mere wordsmith. He was very good at expressing himself, but more importantly, he had something very good to express. The reason he was the greatest writer of the 20th century was because he was also the greatest thinker of the 20th century.
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