Successor Quotes

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I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason… — George W. Bush
I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former… — George W. Bush
I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people… — George W. Bush
Clinton's successor in the White House, George W. Bush, was committed to expanding government spending for faith-based initiatives. — Tony Campolo
Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000,… — Dick Cheney
I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. As the successor to DOS, which has… — Bill Gates
When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable signs, not of… — William Henry Chamberlin
Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days - whatever there may be for the… — Lord Byron
No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully… — Chester A. Arthur
I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they… — Denis Diderot
I have been asked whether I wish to nominate a successor, an inheritor, aÂ dauphinÂ orÂ delfino. I have decided to name Christopher Hitchens. — Gore Vidal
The author is the successor of the saint, everyone respects the author. — Roberto Calasso
To take, for example, my own death: what I consider most likely to be true is that death will be the complete and utter end… — Bryan Magee
Bread is for us a kind of successor to the motherly breast, and it has been over the centuries responsible for billions of sighs of… — Margaret Visser
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any… — Alice Stone Blackwell
Man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child king, long enough. And as his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as… — Vincent Price
I am now being criticized (by the opposition) for being irresponsible for saying `I will not raise the consumption tax rate while I am in… — Junichiro Koizumi

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