Monday, December 18, 2006

And yet another bon mot, slightly longer

On a related note to that last post, this is a great line from G. K. Chesterton on the insanity of having too much respect for the past:

"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 the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about."

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