Inheritance Quotes

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.

I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

It appears that the present-day form of African American English is not the inheritance of the period of slavery, but the creation of the second half of the 20th century.

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose.

The estate tax punishes years of hard work and robs families of part of their heritage by imposing a huge penalty on inheritance after death - a tax on money that has already been taxed.

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance.

The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.