Old Thunder Quotes

“When Belloc said that the Protestant Reformation was the shipwreck of Christendom, he was simply stating a historical fact, but it was controversial because history is political.”
― Joseph Pearce, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

“He could not write what he wanted, but what he had to.”
― Joseph Pearce, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

“As a champion of the Church Militant in a hostile secular society, Belloc would sometimes exhibit a siege mentality akin to the defiance of Pius IX.”
― Joseph Pearce, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc

“It just so happened that they agreed on politics and religion. It was precisely that agreement that has caused most observers to associate them with one another.”
― Joseph Pearce, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc