Best Their Ancestors Quotes

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Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government is always a… — Joseph Sobran
Big cities are chaotic. And chaos for humans - who have experience from their ancestors - is the last step before conflict. So, in the… — John Hench
Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society… — Walter Lippmann
HELPED are those who love all the colors of all the human beings, as they love all the colors of the animals and plants; none… — Alice Walker
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
You notice patterns. White guests often are mortified - that word again - when they learn their ancestors owned slaves. But I've never had a… — Henry Louis Gates
The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead… — Thomas Sowell
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner. — Douglas Adams
posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors. — Abigail Adams
But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good,… — Jose Rizal
So long as procreation stems from parents of the same race, appearance and lineage are typically congruent. Interracial unions give rise to added complexity. Interracial… — Randall Kennedy
Let them look to the past, but let them also look to the future; let them look to the land of their ancestors, but let… — Wilfrid Laurier
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look… — Edmund Burke
Why is it easier for some people to believe their ancestors were a clump of mud and a cannibalized body part, than apes? — Rock Cowles

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