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“A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”

Source: Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit

“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”

People Inspirational Looks Memories Family History Historian Temper Ancestor Backwards Posterity Ancestry Family History Genealogy

Author:Edmund Burke

“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.”

Source: Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

“A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.”

Men Want Faces Rooms History Expression Historical Squares Ancestor Traits Inches

Book:The Conduct of Life

Source: The Conduct of Life

“We don't know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We don't understand our name at all, we don't know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration.”

Ifs Knows Moments Inspiration Funny Names Understanding History Bears Proud Humorous Historical Brilliant Ancestor Fidelity Exalted

Author:Milan Kundera

“Whereas our ancestors (not of choice) were the first successful cultivators of the wilds of America, we their descendants feel ourselves entitled to participate in the blessings of her luxuriant soil.”

Feels Firsts America Choices Black History Successful Blessing African American Soil Ancestor Entitled Black History Descendants

Author:Richard Allen