#successor

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand. ↗

— Francois Hollande

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I have given myself one objective, to be the long-awaited successor to Francois Mitterrand. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#i #myself #objective #successor

We accept it because we have seen the vision. We know that we cannot reap the harvest, but we hope that we may so well prepare the land and so diligently sow the seed that our successors may gather the ripened grain. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#because #cannot #diligently #gather #grain

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#bullets #peaceful #rightful #successors

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy. ↗

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

#i #majesty #reaps #sow #successor

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. ↗

— Washington Irving

#his #idol #our #out #pushes

I think that former leaders are best seen occasionally and not too often heard - particularly on the subject of their successors! ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#former #heard #i #i think #leaders

Only when God was said to have died did various leaders, professions and sectors risk pushing themselves forward as successors. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#died #forward #god #leaders #only

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent. ↗

— Alice Stone Blackwell

#any #ascent #feeling #finds #guide

I told you I'm not going to criticize my successor. I'll just tell you that there are people at Gitmo that will kill American people at a drop of a hat and I don't believe that persuasion isn't going to work. Therapy isn't going to cause terrorists to change their mind. ↗

— George W. Bush

#american people #believe #cause #change #criticize