#inheritance

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future. ↗

— Alberto Moravia

#based #becomes #custodian #customs #each

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. ↗

— William Labov

#african #african american #american #appears #century

I had an inheritance from my father, It was the moon and the sun. And though I roam all over the world, The spending of it’s never done. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#legacy #nature #nature

Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#cumulative #democracy #education #history #inheritance

Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#disposition #first #importance #individuals #inheritances

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#equal #free #free press #grant #i

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

— Herman Wouk

#felt #great #i #inheritance #jerk

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

— Walter Gilbert

#evolution #human #inheritance #our #place

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. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#atomic #biological #human #inheritance #interests

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#attribute #being #children #due #effects