Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around." — Gilbert K. Chesterton #politicsgovernment
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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
About Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gilbert K. Chesterton was a Writer from United Kingdom (1874–1936).
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Gilbert K. Chesterton lived from 1874 – 1936.
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