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Quote by Dorothy Day
Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be

Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of them. We cling to a bourgeois mediocrity which would make it appear we are all Americans, made in the image and likeness of George Washington. – Dorothy Day

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Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again. – Dorothy Day

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Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action. – Dorothy Day

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Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling. – Dorothy Day

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The dead govern the living. – Auguste Comte

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Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It constitutes that fundamental human characteristic of historicity. – Medard Boss

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Tradition

Why cant somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Tradition

In America nothing dies easier than tradition. – Russell Baker

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Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary. – David Suzuki

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Its funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together. – Courteney Cox

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All words are pegs to hang ideas on. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. – David Cameron

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