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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal… — Abraham Lincoln
The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated, and continual revision… — Russell Kirk
NEWTONIAN, Pertaining to a philosophy of the universe invented by Newton, who discovered that an apple will fall to the ground, but was unable to… — Ambrose Bierce
Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all… — Tony Hoare
Nothing is more incumbent on the old than to know when they should get out of the way and relinquish to younger successors the honors… — Thomas Jefferson
Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and… — Wendell Berry
If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same… — Gregory Palamas
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling… — George Orwell
When you write a program, think of it primarily as a work of literature. You're trying to write something that human beings are going to… — Donald Knuth
Lincoln was not a type. He stands alone - no ancestors, no fellows, no successors. — Robert Green Ingersoll
The importance of an individual thinker owes something to chance. For it depends upon the fate of his ideas in the minds of his successors. — Alfred North Whitehead
Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relations.… — Walther Rathenau
Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it. — Samuel Johnson
Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors. — John Ralston Saul
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open to humankind are… — Albert Einstein
When someone leaves an office, often there's a series of successors until you settle on one. — Paul Lieberstein
I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And, you know, I think… — Steve Jobs
The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as… — Thomas Aquinas
When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. — Abraham Lincoln
Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. — Donald Rumsfeld
If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians… — Simone Weil
Since the emergence of the Republican Party, only two Democratic presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, have been followed by Democrats, and both FDR and… — George Will
Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work… — Dodie Smith
Lara walked along the tracks following a path worn by pilgrims and then turned into the fields. Here she stopped and, closing her eyes, took… — Boris Pasternak

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