Respect for Tradition Quotes

A man who goes into a country must comply with the ceremonies in use there.

It is the idea of 'People' to treat its material as if it were history and, what is more, as if it were the history of a happy period.

You can be a good person without any racial intent and still want to keep the flag. That's what I learned in my time in the south.

Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It's a liberating philosophy. It is a magnificent philosophy. It is a philosophy for the ages, for all times.

When you learn something from people, or from a culture, you accept it as a gift, and it is your lifelong commitment to preserve it and build on it.

Whatever my father did were great films. I don't want to remake any of them.

The natives of the islands ... shall he afforded the opportunity to manage their own local affairs to the fuIIest extent of which they are capable, and ... which a careful study of their capacities and observation of the workings of native control show to be consistent with the maintenance of law, order, and loyalty.

I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No.

That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition.

I don't like doing things without understanding the meaning. Once I walked out of a film event as I could not stand the insult they meted out to a Sanskrit verse.

I have no regrets, though I was the first artist to stylize the national anthem, and I got a lot of protests for it. I have no regrets. America has been good to me. I'm glad that I'm here.

Reform has to emanate from the inside. It has to be compatible with your customs. … One cannot impose one’s will on the majority of the people as much as one wants to do so.

Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition.

Our purpose is not to interfere with the laws and customs which are beneficial to your people.

A conservative is someone who does not think he is morally superior to his grandfather.

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.

I'm a passionate monarchist.

When thou art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.

I'm a Republican, but I like the Queen. Like everyone else, I'm sentimental about the Queen.

Who are we to say what's right for civilizations that were already thousands of years old when our own nation came into being?

Gentlemen, are you unalterably decided to maintain the sacred gifts of our forefathers?.

With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction.

I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name.

In France, in Europe, the young artists of any generation always act as grandsons of some great man - Poussin, for example, or Victor Hugo. They can't help it. Even if they don't believe in that, it gets in their system. And so when they come to produce something of their own, the tradition is nearly indestructible.

Our royalty is to be reverenced, and if you begin to poke about it you cannot reverence it …. We must not let in daylight upon magic.