| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 12131 |
| QUOTATION: | Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them. They have a sort of permanent intoxication from within, a sort of invisible champagne.... Americans do not need to drink to inspire them to do anything, though they do sometimes, I think, need a little for the deeper and more delicate purpose of teaching them how to do nothing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936), British author. New York Times (June 28, 1931). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Chesterton Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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