Change that respects tradition is progress; change that dest... - Leopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Leopold Sédar Senghor.

"Change that respects tradition is progress; change that destroys it is chaos."

Leopold Sédar Senghor Change

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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