“Malcolm was a firm believer in the value and importance of our heritage. He believed that we have valuable and distinct cultural traditions which need to be institutionalized so that they can be passed on to our heirs.” NeedsValuesTraditionImportanceValuableBelieverFirmHeritageHeirs Author:Betty Shabazz
“The affluent society has built well in terms of economic progress, but has neglected the protection of the very water we drink as well as the values of fish and wildlife, scenic, and outdoor recreation resources. Although often measureless in commercial terms, these values must be preserved by a program that will guarantee America some semblance of her great heritage of beautiful rivers.” WellsAmericaBeautifulValuesTermWaterProgressEconomicDrinkResourcesBuiltProgramRiversEnvironmentalFishesProtectionGuaranteesHeritageNeglectedWildlifeRecreationAffluentSemblanceEconomic ProgressScenicBeautiful RiverOutdoor Recreation Author:Frank Church
“These American values, this great moral heritage, is shared and lived in my religion as it is in yours. I was taught in my home to honor God and love my neighbor. I saw my father march with Martin Luther King.” HomeValuesFatherMoralSawsTaughtKingsHonorAnd LoveNeighborMarchHeritageLutherAmerican ValuesGod And Love Author:Mitt Romney
“The virtue of Yankee upbringing spiritually speaking is of more downright value to me than any past heritages.” PastValuesVirtueHeritageYankeesUpbringing Author:Marsden Hartley
“The great Roman statesman Cicero observed that, 'Not to know what happened before one was born is to be always a child.' In our ignorance of the values that form part of our history and heritage, we Americans have become perpetual children.” KnowsChildrenFormValuesBornHappenedIgnoranceHeritagePerpetualStatesmen Author:Ilana Mercer
“Conservatism has always meant more to me than simply sticking up for private property & free enterprise. It has also meant defending our heritage & preserving our values.” ValuesPropertyEnterpriseHeritageConservatismPrivate PropertyFree Enterprise Author:Gerald R. Ford
“What disturbs or assures us about race has very little to do with blood or biology. Race is about how you use language, understand your heritage, interpret your history, identify with your kin, figure out what your meaning and worth to a society that places values on you beyond your control. And it's also about what people see you as - or take you to be.” PeopleLittlesUseValuesLanguageRaceBloodFiguresBiologyHeritage Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Every brand of religion maintains, and is, a permanent mechanism for transmitting ideas and values - whether one regards those values as admirable or ridiculous. Secularist organizations, with their generally looser, nonhierarchical structures, lack the power to hand down and disseminate their heritage in such a systematic way.” WayIdeasHandsReligionValuesOrganizationRegardDown AndStructureRidiculousBrandsPermanentHeritageMechanismAdmirableSystematic Author:Susan Jacoby
“If the polls are right, our Judeo-Christian heritage is no longer the foundation of our values. We have become a post-Christian society.” IfsChristianValuesReligiousFoundationPostsHeritagePollsChristian Heritage Author:Charles Colson