Author: G. K. Chesterton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-27

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780332074030

Excerpt from The Appetite of Tyranny: Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian These sincere and high-minded peace-lov ers are always telling us that citizens no longer settle their quarrels by private vio lence; and that nations should no longer set tle theirs by public violence. They are al ways telling us that we no longer fight duels; and need no longer wage wars. In short, they perpetually base their peace proposals on the fact that an ordinary citizen no longer avenges himself with an axe. But how is he prevented from revenging himself with an axe? If he hits his neighbour on the head with the kitchen chopper, what do we do? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.