“Traditions are not killed by facts.”

“Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the fact that the very tradition to which they are so loyal—the "eternal" tradition introduced to them in their youth—is in fact the evolved product of many adjustments firmly but delicately made by earlier lovers of the same tradition.”

“Killing Tutsis was a political tradition in postcolonial Rwanda; it brought people together.”

“In fact, the public will accept any city plan and skyline provided that its architecture is traditional.”

“I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.”

“they play fast and loose with both historical fact and traditional religious interpretation in order to understand their past as they believe it must be understood”