Heritage Quotes

486 Heritage quotes by 409 unique authors

We need everybody and all that we are. We need to know and make known the complete, constantly unfolding, complicated heritage that is our black… — June Jordan
In wilderness people can find the silence and the solitude and the noncivilized surroundings that can connect them once again to their evolutionary heritage, and… — Sigurd F. Olson
As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift. — David O. McKay
Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions of our veterans,… — George H. W. Bush
While we sometimes feel and have felt in days that are past and gone, to complain because we meet with oppression, persecution, and affliction, yet… — Wilford Woodruff
A university is not about results in the next quarter; it is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about… — Drew Gilpin Faust
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that when… — P.J. O'Rourke
It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a… — David R. Brower
Let us designate anarchism1 anarchism as you define it. Let us desiginate anarchism2 anarchism as I and the American Heritage College Dictionary define it. — Bryan Caplan
Women's history is women's right-an essential, indispensable heritage from which we can draw pride, comfort, courage, and long range vision. — Gerda Lerner
For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true to our heritage, not what has existed… — Spencer Bachus
As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for… — Debbie Stabenow
Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better… — Tony Abbott
Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage — Tony Abbott
I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that… — Felix Frankfurter
Hopefully, the drivers will be able to race without running over one another. Anything with a heritage like this racetrack, I would not have messed… — Mark Martin
There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who plants a tree… — Lady Bird Johnson
A nation must be embraced, rehabilitated and expressed as a tangible sign of human creativity and as an integral element of mankinds heritage. — Abdelaziz Bouteflika
The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate… — Eliot Engel
I am a passionate believer that Britain has benefited the whole world and that our heritage, our culture, our values and more importantly our people… — Steve Blake
I am seized with an abiding fear regarding what these two instruments are doing to our society, our culture and our heritage. Our history will… — Edward R. Murrow
Who will find peace with the lands? The future of humankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of… — William McKinley
To deny this is to deny our own heritage, our own spirit, and our own souls. — John Denver
The giant neon spinning discs are a reminder of the huge role that Sam Sniderman and his store played in the cultural life of Toronto… — Gordon Lightfoot

Who Wrote These Heritage Quotes

409 authors contributed a total of 486 Heritage Quotes, led by these top contributors: