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Posterity Quotes: "People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors."

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.



Posterity Quotes: "Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it."

Posterity! you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.




Posterity Quotes: "The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity."

The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity."

You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity.




Posterity Quotes: "The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us."

The eyes of all America are upon us, as we play our part posterity will bless or curse us.



Posterity Quotes: "And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything."

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.



Posterity Quotes: "It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic."

It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic.




Posterity Quotes: "One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage."

One day posterity will remember these strange times, when ordinary common honesty was called courage.



Posterity Quotes: "We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity."

We must not look at the past with the enormous condescension of posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech."

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.



Posterity Quotes: "Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity."

Let our posterity know that we their ancestors, uncultured and unlearned, amid all trials and temptations, were men of integrity.



Posterity Quotes: "In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval."

In the age-old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.




Posterity Quotes: "The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity."

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity."

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds."

This I regard as history's highest function, to let no worthy action be uncommemorated, and to hold out the reprobation of posterity as a terror to evil words and deeds.



Posterity Quotes: "Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!"

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!



Posterity Quotes: "I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man."

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.



Posterity Quotes: "Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity."

Let no family go into eternity without having left their memoirs for their children, their grandchildren, and their posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England."

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.



Posterity Quotes: "The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end."

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.



Posterity Quotes: "Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn."

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.



Posterity Quotes: "A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity."

A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "Verbal representations of such places or scenes may, or may not, have the merit of accuracy; but photographic presentments of them will be accepted by posterity with an undoubting faith."

Verbal representations of such places or scenes may, or may not, have the merit of accuracy; but photographic presentments of them will be accepted by posterity with an undoubting faith.



Posterity Quotes: "In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity."

In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity."

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are not heard by the world, but, as in whispering galleries, they are clearly heard at the end, and by posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us."

Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us.



Posterity Quotes: "Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!"

Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity's liberty!



Posterity Quotes: "Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes."

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.



Posterity Quotes: "We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity."

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age."

It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.



Posterity Quotes: "Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?"

Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?



Posterity Quotes: "Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles."

Posterity, thinned by the crime of its ancestors, shall hear of those battles.



Posterity Quotes: "Posterity will one day laugh at the foolishness of modern materialistic philosophers."

Posterity will one day laugh at the foolishness of modern materialistic philosophers.



Posterity Quotes: "We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent."

We gladly put antiquity above our age but not posterity. Only a father doesn't begrudge his son's talent.



Posterity Quotes: "He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors."

He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.



Posterity Quotes: "posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors."

posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.



Posterity Quotes: "Filmmakers don't work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don't last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust."

Filmmakers don't work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don't last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust.



Posterity Quotes: "It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires."

It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.



Posterity Quotes: "It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity."

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees... We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed."

Each generation of humanity takes the earth as trustees... We ought to bequeath to posterity as many forests and orchards as we have exhausted and consumed.



Posterity Quotes: "God and posterity will show me more favour"

God and posterity will show me more favour



Posterity Quotes: "Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity."

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time."

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.



Posterity Quotes: "How does it secure the blessings of liberty to our posterity, to those generations yet unborn, to kill them, aborting them in the womb?"

How does it secure the blessings of liberty to our posterity, to those generations yet unborn, to kill them, aborting them in the womb?



Posterity Quotes: "What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity."

What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "I'm interested in designing for posterity."

I'm interested in designing for posterity.



Posterity Quotes: "As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?"

As to posterity, I may ask what has it ever done to oblige me?



Posterity Quotes: "Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure."

Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure.



Posterity Quotes: "I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck."

I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.