Chesterton, G. K. Attrib. What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , Ch. You cannot fight against the future.
Time is on our side.
Advocating parliamentary reform. It happens in the lives of individuals, and it happens in the history of nations and in the development of parties. If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you a new way. US actor and humorist.