Eternal Revolution » Chesterton Quotes

Government is an Ugly Necessity Shirt

Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:03:06 +0000

“All government is an ugly necessity,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in A Short History of England.

Perfect to wear to vote, attend a tea party, town hall meeting, political science class, or any day that the chronic ineptitude and injustice of the governing class gets you down.

Printed on a white or ash 100% cotton t-shirt.

$15.99

We Who Play Badly Love the Game Chesterton Quote Shirt

Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:27:51 +0000

“It is only we who play badly who love the game itself,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in Tremendous Trifles.

Letters are printed on Scrabble-like tiles, just one example of many of a game or sport played so enthusiastically by even those who don’t have a prayer of winning. Except, of course, that they are the ones getting the best of the game.

By the way, have you seen our games here at Eternal Revolution?

Printed on a black 100% cotton t-shirt.

$15.99

Theology Requires Brains Chesterton Quote Shirt

Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:53:29 +0000

“Theology is simply that part of religion that requires brains,” wrote G.K. Chesterton beneath a humanist quip in Holbrook Jackson’s Platitudes in the Making.

It makes one wonder if perhaps that is why new religions and old heresies, like atheism, seem to have nothing to offer beyond a shocking denial of some more logical explanation.

A perfect gift for apologists, clergy, pastors, and theology students.

Printed on a white or ash 100% cotton t-shirt.

$15.99

Microcapitalism Shirt

Paul — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:49:01 +0000

Features the G.K. Chesterton quote: “Too much capitalism does not mean too many capitalists, but too few capitalists,” from The Uses of Diversity.

Printed on a black 100% cotton t-shirt.

Manalive Pistol Chesterton Quote Shirt

Paul — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:27:06 +0000

In G.K. Chesterton’s Manalive, Innocent Smith is a man charged with a multitude of crimes, but strangely still innocent.

One of his crimes is that of murder, in which no one was killed. In fact, he tells his first victim of his plans to bring his violent gift to the world:

“I am going to hold a pistol to the head of the Modern Man. But I shall not use it to kill him–only to bring him to life.”

Printed on a black 100% cotton shirt.

$16.99

Stupid Money Chesterton Quote Shirt

Paul — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:21:55 +0000

“To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in the Father Brown Mystery, The Paradise of Thieves.

Printed on a light green shirt.