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.
G. K. CHESTERTONA dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them.
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Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.
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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.
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America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.
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There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
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Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
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And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.
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Passion makes every detail important.
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A really great person is the person who makes every person feel great.
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If there were no God, there would be no atheists.
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