tradition is only democracy extended through time. Autor: G.K. Chesterton Copy Quote More from G.K. Chesterton “So far as he could prevent it, Dickens never permitted a day of his life to be …” “Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors.…” “Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms.” “As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you creat…”