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143 Descendants quotes by 129 unique authors

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided… — Christopher Hitchens
Why do we not exhaust the heritage of the ages, spiritual and material for our immediate pleasure, and let posterity go hang? So far as… — Russell Kirk
Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Happiness is impossible for longer than 15 minutes. We are the descendants of creatures who, above all else, worried. — Alain de Botton
The spiritual destiny of Hawaii has been shaped by a Calvinist theory of paternalism enacted by the descendants of the missionaries who had carried it… — Francine du Plessix Gray
The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They… — Winston Churchill
One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. — Raymond Queneau
If you're a good person, the goodness will continue through your descendants. — Diane von Furstenberg
What Grandfather Burton did for me was to write a sacred family record, the small plates of Burton, or, if you will, an inspirational family… — Theodore M. Burton
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. — Sallust
The descendants of European immigrants do not govern the United States of America today. The foreign and domestic policies of the country are made by… — Julius Streicher
...The ...experts of the FDA have declared Laetrile to be worthless...quackery and fraud...These experts are the professional descendants of experts...confident that mental illness should be… — James J. Kilpatrick
The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies;… — Ishmael Reed
God of our fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your name to the nations: We are deeply saddened by the behaviour of… — Pope John Paul II
We must not forget that these men and women who file through the narrow gates at Ellis Island, hopeful, confused, with bundles of misconceptions as… — Walter Weyl
Actors have a magic gene within them - I think they're the finest descendants of rogues and vagabonds - and it's all too easily forgotten… — Julian Sands
If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards… — Sidney Lanier
Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering… — Criss Jami
Human beings of all societies in all periods of history believe that their ideas on the nature of the real world are the most secure,… — Edward Robert Harrison
It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400… — Abdallah II
People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of… — Marcus Garvey
We are the lucky generation. We first broke our earthly bonds and ventured into space. From our descendants- perches on other planets or distant space… — Walter Cronkite
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal which made their… — Samuel Adams

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