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The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have two great types -- the advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called the balance, or mutual check, in our Constitution.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

added by Normando
4 months ago

He’s a bully, and I don’t like bullies, and that’s part of American tradition. I think in many ways he’s discredited the American experiment with self-governance.

Ted Kennedy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are certain things that are part of the American fabric. Tradition is what makes a country unique. Every country has things that are woven into its fabric, and this is one of ours.

Sean Spicer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Most of the guests come after Tokyo, and it’s such a contrast, they are really happy to share the nature and the tradition in our house.

Dai He

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Knowing that Iranian people are actually taking this as a moral responsibility to celebrate lessens my guilt, and I’m happy to support them in celebrating our beautiful tradition.

Shabnam Salehezadeh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I mean, again, I think that as we look in government, as we watch government, you have different sides, and I think that you see passions on different sides, and I do n’t think anyone does anything out of hate, i think what they do is, they do things out of tradition and out of beliefs of what they believe is right.

Confederate Heritage Month Haley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You know, for those groups that come in and say they have issues with the Confederate flag, I will work to talk to them about it, i will work and talk to them about the heritage and how this is not something that is racist. This is something that is a tradition that people feel proud of and let them know that we want their business in this state. And that the flag where it is, was a compromise of all people that everybody should accept as part of South Carolina.

Confederate Heritage Month Haley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It doesn’t matter what you think you’re trying to represent. It doesn’t matter that you think that’s how you make children happy. It doesn’t matter if it’s a tradition. If you paint yourself a color that is not yours, it is racist, the parade helps to normalize slavery as something harmless and inconsequential in the collective imagination, which is completely untrue.

Elvira Swartch Lorenzo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Wisconsin has a long tradition of hunting and responsible gun ownership, and the overwhelming majority of gun owners agree with Lt. Governor Barnes on the need for common sense reforms, like ensuring that people with a dangerous history or domestic abusers should get a background check, yet while more than a dozen of Senator Johnson’s Republican colleagues worked across the aisle to pass legislation addressing gun violence, Senator Johnson puts the gun lobby before protecting lives.

Maddy McDaniel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I am proud to represent a district with deep ties to motorsports and I understand the vital role the sport plays supporting local jobs in our area, the RPM Act will help to ensure enthusiasts of the sport in North Carolina and across the country can continue the time-honored tradition of modifying stock vehicles for competitive racing.

Patrick McHenry

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

For many families, setting off fireworks is a favorite summer tradition, but fireworks are unpredictable. It’s essential that parents keep children far away from where those fireworks are set off.

Sarah Clark

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I respect the culture and the tradition and the concerns of lawful gun owners. At the same time, the Second Amendment, like all other rights, is not absolute, this isn't about taking away anyone's rights. It's about protecting children. It's about protecting families. It's about protecting whole communities. It's about protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

One of the things that Michael and I both share is a great love of the tradition of musical storytelling, when I think of this piece, I think of a very classic hero's journey. There's something almost Greek about it to me.

Stephen Brackett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed, the work of the Court will not be affected in any way. We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce -- permanent employees and law clerks alike -- intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law. Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court.

John Roberts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everything which I own and have in my life is in this apartment, i don't know if it's faith or tradition. But I have to.

Jan Gerber

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Pure beauty dominates in his work. He demystified the fashion world and created images that resonate with a natural beauty. His photographs were both historically durable with a contemporary edge. He had a reverence for tradition, but also a taste for new.

The Fahey/Klein Gallery

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Mr. Bedoya's record shows that Alvaro Bedoya would drive the FTC, an agency with a tradition of bipartisanship, further down the hyper-partisan path The FTC has taken under Chair Lina Khan.

Roger Wicker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Frankly, I was thinking that [President] Biden talks a lot, even — talks too much. In Slavic tradition ... if you [aren't] ready to start a fight, don't speak. Or your enemy will understand that you are not about an action.

Misha Gannytskyi

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There is a long, unpleasant American tradition of agencies being taken over by virtue of picking the members. It's called agency capture or regulatory capture. my concern is that the picking of the justices has been handed to special interests.

Sheldon Whitehouse

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's called chairman's time. It is a tradition on this committee exercised by Sen. Lindsey Graham as chairman and Sen. Grassley.

Dick Durbin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Don 't put mediocrity, insensitivity and tradition before sound reason and compassion.

Goa Kerle

added by Goa_
2 years ago

So, those kind of memories, it's an honor, it's a tradition, it's a place of excellence, and that's the standard that I have to bring every day. That's the only thing I know.

Russell Wilson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is so far afield from the tradition of America and the work that we did for four years.

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I regret that he chose not to consider every American, we shouldn't whittle down the talent pool and choose people for reasons that are inconsistent with the American tradition. Brown Jackson, nominated to be a U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill, April 28, 2021. ( Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images).

Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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