β Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Gk Chesterton
β The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all. Gk Chesterton
β All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. Gk Chesterton
β An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. Gk Chesterton
β The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. Gk Chesterton