Philosophical literatureNow every tradition grows continually more venerable, the farther off lies its origin, the more this is lost sight of; the veneration paid it accumulates from generation to generation, the tradition at last becomes holy and excites awe.Friedrich NietzscheHuman, All Too Human · 1878★ 4.6
Religious literatureTradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.G.K. ChestertonOrthodoxy · 1908★ 3.6
Speech · Political speechCan authority be more amiable and respectable when it descends from accidents or institutions established in remote antiquity than when it springs fresh from the hearts and judgments of an honest and enlightened people?John AdamsInaugural Address of John Adams · 1797★ 2.0
Film · Crime comedy (film) · Comedy (film) · Crime comedy · ComedyThree thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax, you're goddamn right I'm living in the fucking past!Walter SobchakThe Big Lebowski · 1998★ 1.1
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