A Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton

The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world, but that it's difficult.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English - Writer
May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936

No one can say Christianity has failed. It has never been tried.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world.

Richard E. Byrd

The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.

Brad Thor

Democracy, as has been said of Christianity, has never really been tried.

Stuart Chase

Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.

Hilary Mantel

The real difficulty with thousands in the present day is not that Christianity has been found wanting, but that it has never been seriously tried.

Henry Parry Liddon

I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.

Karen Cushman

I'm just curious how it'd look like if someone tried to remake my work. But I really believe that it's hard to remake of any of my work.

Takashi Miike

It's better to have tried and failed than never tried, you can rest easy knowing you gave it a go.

Katherine Kelly

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old theory, 'trickle-down economics.' That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.

Hillary Clinton

The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it has been found demanding, and not tried.