- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heirs Quotes
On what gets passed down, and who's left to carry it.
One quote calls books the voices of the dead that connect us to everything earlier generations felt and believed, while others turn political, describing conservatives as heirs to the Founders' vision or contrasting how American Revolution-era power changed hands versus how tyrants cling to it.
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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unlike monarchs, who pass power to their heirs at the moment of death to ensure the survival of the regime, tyrants must simply survive as long as possible.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.
- Opinions
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that Mr. Mill in Parliament would be an entirely different person from Mr. Mill in his study.
- Conservatives
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it.
- American Revolution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think of what you are, you Christians. You are God's children; you are joint heirs with Christ. The 'many mansions' are for you; the palms and harps of the glorified are for you. You have a share in all that Christ has and is and shall be.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020