G. K. Chesterton Quote

Democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking around.


Orthodoxy (1908)


Democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death....

Democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death....

Democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death....

Democrats object to men being disqualified by the accident of birth; tradition objects to their being disqualified by the accident of death....