"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." – G. K. Chesterton

As in other contexts, I’d rather be progressive.

Key to the Highway by Mark Halliday | The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor

"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." G. K. Chesterton (books by this author), born in London (1874)

Key to the Highway by Mark Halliday | The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor

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