G. K. Chesterton.

[Scuba]

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all." - G. K. Chesterton.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton, was an English writer,[1] lay theologian, poet, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox."[citation needed] Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."[

[NMDemDist2]

1. and many of his books are available in ebook or Kindle format free n/t

[el_bryanto]

2. Good quote - G.K. Chesterton has a lot of great quotes

"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

Bryant

[MisterP]

3. "I merely remark that he is an unconscious example of everything that he reviles"

[Donald Ian Rankin]

4. A brilliant writer, but not usually a convincing arguer, I think.

Chesterton goes in for amusing paradoxes and brilliant flights of fancy, but he isn't great at syllogising from a premise to a conclusion convincingly. I love his work for entertainment value, but I don't usually find his arguments convincing.