The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. James F. Cooper American Novelist More James F. Cooper Quotes 0
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own fortune, and he inherits his own past. Francis Herbert Hedge British Philosopher More Francis Herbert Hedge Quotes 0
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. Frederick Henry Hedge American Clergyman More Frederick Henry Hedge Quotes 0
The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind. Ellsworth Huntington Educator More Ellsworth Huntington Quotes 0
Those terrible rows over who inherits what are not restricted to novels, soap operas or the families of the rich. Ann Kent More Ann Kent Quotes 0
The meek may inherit the earth, but the other kind inherits the mortgage. Noah Goldstein More Noah Goldstein Quotes 0
The Queen is contemptuous of monarchies that do pick and choose and do retire. One inherits after the other dies -- that's it. Penny Junor More Penny Junor Quotes 0