Gilbert K. Chesterton Born: 1874-05-29 Birthplace: London, England Died: 1936-06-14 Location of Death: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England Field: Author, Critic Info: The Man Who Was Thursday
Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes 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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