... in general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.


Faith for Living, (1940). Often quoted as "Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.", e.g, Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 112.

Lewis Mumford Quotes

In general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

In general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

In general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

In general, the traditionalists are backward-looking, conservative; pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.