--- title: "4 Called Paradox Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 4 Called Paradox quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Called Paradox sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/g-k-chesterton-224_chesterton_i-never-use-paradox-the-statements-i-mak_1559.jpg" --- > [“I never use paradox. The statements I make are wearisome and obvious common sense. I have even been driven to the tedium…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/i-never-use-paradox-the-statements-i-make-are-wearisome-and-obvious/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/g-k-chesterton-224_chesterton_i-never-use-paradox-the-statements-i-mak_1559.jpg) > [We are caught up in a paradox, one which might be called the paradox of conceptualization. The proper concepts are needed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kaplan/we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which-might-be-called-the-paradox/) [Abraham Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-kaplan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/abraham-kaplan-35494_caught_we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which_977121.png) > [“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining control must lead to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the-argument-that-freedom-in-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg) > [“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/in-the-matter-of-reforming-things-as-distinct-from-deforming-them/) [G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/g-k-chesterton-224_fence_in-the-matter-of-reforming-things-as-dis_2759371.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/called-paradox/#itemlist", "name": "Called Paradox Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I never use paradox. The statements I make are wearisome and obvious common sense. I have even been driven to the tedium of reading through my own books, and have been unable to find any paradox. In fact, that thing is quite tragic, and some day I shall hope to write an epic called 'Paradox Lost'.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "G.K. 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The proper concepts are needed to formulate a good theory, but we need a good theory to arrive at the proper concepts.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Kaplan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-kaplan/we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which-might-be-called-the-paradox/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/abraham-kaplan-35494_caught_we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which_977121.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/abraham-kaplan-35494_caught_we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which_977121.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/abraham-kaplan-35494_caught_we-are-caught-up-in-a-paradox-one-which_977121.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are caught up in a paradox, one which might be called the paradox of conceptualization. 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If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them . — In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law, and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal .”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the-argument-that-freedom-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/anonymous-1_argument_the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the_2311572.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The so-called paradox of freedom is the argument that freedom in the sense of absence of any constraining…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, \"I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away.\" To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: \"If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.\" This paradox rests on the most elementary common sense. The gate or fence did not grow there. It was not set up by somnambulists who built it in their sleep. It is highly improbable that it was put there by escaped lunatics who were for some reason loose in the street. Some person had some reason for thinking it would be a good thing for somebody. And until we know what the reason was, we really cannot judge whether the reason was reasonable. It is extremely probable that we have overlooked some whole aspect of the question, if something set up by human beings like ourselves seems to be entirely meaningless and mysterious. There are reformers who get over this difficulty by assuming that all their fathers were fools; but if that be so, we can only say that folly appears to be a hereditary disease. But the truth is that nobody has any business to destroy a social institution until he has really seen it as an historical institution. If he knows how it arose, and what purposes it was supposed to serve, he may really be able to say that they were bad purposes, that they have since become bad purposes, or that they are purposes which are no longer served. But if he simply stares at the thing as a senseless monstrosity that has somehow sprung up in his path, it is he and not the traditionalist who is suffering from an illusion.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "G.K. 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