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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. Gilbert K. Chesterton Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Topic: Politics Quotes Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Date of Birth: May 29, 1874 Date of Death: June 14, 1936 Nationality: English Amazon: Gilbert K. Chesterton on Amazon	Related Authors: Charles Caleb Colton Gilbert K. Chesterton John le Carre John Ruskin Joseph Addison Quentin Crisp Thomas Paine David Herbert Lawrence
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