The Appetite of Tyranny - Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Appetite of Tyranny, by G.K. ChestertonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old GaribaldianAuthor: G.K. ChestertonRelease Date: March 17, 2004 [EBook #11605]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY ***Produced by Robert Shimmin, Piotr Przemyslaw Karwasz and PG Distributed ProofreadersTHE APPETITE OF TYRANNYIncluding Letters to an Old GaribaldianBy G.K. CHESTERTONCONTENTSCHAPTERTHE FACTS OF THE CASEI THE WAR ON THE WORDII THE REFUSAL OF RECIPROCITYIII THE APPETITE OF TYRANNYIV THE ESCAPE OF FOLLYLETTERS TO AN OLD GARIBALDIANTHE FACTS OF THE CASEUnless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is nosuch thing as madness. If I set a house on fire, it is quite true that I may illuminate many other people's weaknesses aswell as my own. It may be that the master of the house was burned because he was drunk; it may be that the mistress ofthe house was burned because she was stingy, and perished arguing about the expense of the fire-escape. It is,nevertheless, broadly true that they both were burned because I set fire to their house. That is the story of ...