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• Tengo la certeza de que abrir las puertas de la verdad y fortalecer el hábito de probar todo por la razón son los grilletes más eficaces que podemos remachar en las manos de nuestros sucesores para evitar que maniaten al pueblo con su propio consentimiento.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Doors, Hands, People

  Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball (1999). “Jefferson: Political Writings”, p.271, Cambridge University Press

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• El honor de los padres es un tesoro justo y noble para su posteridad, pero tener el uso de un tesoro de riqueza y honor, y no dejar ninguno a tus sucesores, porque no tienes ni dinero ni reputación propios, es tan bajo como deshonroso.

  Plato

  Plato, Parent, Noble

  Plato (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Plato (Illustrated)”, p.974, Delphi Classics

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• Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?...We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.

  David Mitchell

  Games, Doe, Nero

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• All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may.

  William Shakespeare

  Gone, Done, May

  William Shakespeare (1825). “The Plays of Shakespeare”, p.173

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• The apostles and their successors are God's vicars in governing the Church which is built on faith and the sacraments of faith. Wherefore, just as they may not institute another Church, so neither may they deliver another faith, nor institute other sacraments.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Powerful, Catholic, Church

  St Thomas Aquinas (2013). “Summa Theologica, Volume 4 (Part III, First Section)”, p.2362, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It is the high privilege and sacred duty of those now living to educate their successors and fit them, by intelligence and virtue, for the inheritance which awaits them.

  James A. Garfield

  Inheritance, Sacred, Privilege

  Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. (2 Volumes) Volume 2”, p.792, Best Books on

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• No sabemos cuáles de nuestros productos de plata serán juzgados como oro por nuestros sucesores, ni tampoco importa.

  Doris Lessing

  Gold, Doe, Matter

  "Lessing honoured for lifetime of writing" by John Ezard, www.theguardian.com. March 20, 2001.

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• Cada generación ejerce un poder sobre sus sucesoras: y cada una, en la medida en que modifica el entorno que le ha sido legado y se rebela contra la tradición, resiste y limita el poder de sus predecesoras.

  C. S. Lewis

  Exercise, Thought Provoking, Rebel

  C.S. Lewis (1996). “Joyful Christian”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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• Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext of protecting it. By this we are all his disciples and his successors; by this he has laid the eternal foundation-stone of true religion; and if religion is essential to humanity, he has by this deserved the Divine rank the world has accorded him.

  Ernest Renan

  Jesus, Humanity, Enemy

  Ernest Renan (1864). “The Life of Jesus”, p.90

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• 'Khalifa' is Arabic, it means successor, leader, shining light. My granddad is Muslim and he gave me that name.

  Wiz Khalifa

  Mean, Light, Names

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

  Charles Kennedy

  Thinking, Leader, Former

  "Charles Kennedy: You Ask The Questions". Independent interview, www.independent.co.uk. November 16, 2009.

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• It is the privilege and duty of the present generation to pass on to its successors, unimpaired, the heritage of liberty bequeathed to it by the founders of the Republic.

  George B. Cortelyou

  Success, Liberty, Generations

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• Give politicians power and it certainly will be abused eventually - if not by today's politicians, then by their successors.

  Harry Browne

  Giving, Political, Today

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• El peligro se cierne sobre nuestro camino. No podemos permitirnos -no tenemos derecho- a mirar atrás. Debemos mirar hacia adelante... Cuanto más firme defensor del principio monárquico sea un hombre, tanto más celosamente debe esforzarse ahora por fortificar el Trono y dar al sucesor de Su Majestad esa fuerza que sólo puede provenir del amor a una nación y a un Imperio unidos.

  Winston Churchill

  Adversity, Men, Giving

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• La cruel política iniciada por Colón y continuada por sus sucesores tuvo como resultado un genocidio completo.

  Samuel Eliot Morison

  Columbus, Genocide, Policy

  Samuel Eliot Morison (1983). “Christopher Columbus, Mariner”, Plume

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• Además, en esta única Iglesia de Cristo no puede estar ni permanecer ningún hombre que no acepte, reconozca y obedezca la autoridad y supremacía de Pedro y de sus legítimos sucesores.

  Pope Pius XI

  Men, Church, Doe

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• El peor tipo de empresa es la que crece rápidamente, necesita mucho capital para generar ese crecimiento y luego gana poco o nada. Pensemos en las aerolíneas. Desde los tiempos de los hermanos Wright no se ha conseguido una ventaja competitiva duradera. De hecho, si un capitalista previsor hubiera estado presente en Kitty Hawk, habría hecho un gran favor a sus sucesores derribando a Orville.

  Warren Buffett

  Brother, Thinking, Growth

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.110, John Wiley & Sons

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• El hombre ha gobernado este mundo como un rey niño demente, demasiado tiempo. Y mientras su imperio se desmorona, mi preciosa viuda negra se alzará como su más adecuada sucesora.

  Vincent Price

  Kings, Children, Men

  "Fictional character: The Spirit of the Nightmare". "Alice Cooper: The Nightmare", www.imdb.com. 1975.

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• Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton.

  Dick Cheney

  Running, Negative, Bills

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• When you lose interest in a program, your last duty to it is to hand it off to a competent successor.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Hands, Lasts, Program

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.26, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• The modern spectacle of vanished forests and eroded lands, wasted petroleum and ruthless mining, national debts recklessly increased until they are repudiated, and continual revision of positive law, is evidence of what an age without veneration does to itself and its successors.

  Russell Kirk

  Law, Land, Age

  Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.44, Regnery Publishing

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• I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

  Billy Graham

  Hands, Needs, Generations

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• Sin duda hay cosas en la naturaleza que aún no se han visto. Si un artista las descubre, abre el camino a sus sucesores.

  Paul Cezanne

  Artist, Way, Ifs

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• El sucesor de Clinton en la Casa Blanca, George W. Bush, se comprometió a ampliar el gasto público destinado a iniciativas religiosas.

  Tony Campolo

  Government, White, House

  "Will Faith-Based Programs Go Sour on Obama?" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2009.

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• Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and his heritage, and gives his blessing to his successors. He embodies the passing of human time, living and dying within the human limits of grief and joy.

  Wendell Berry

  Grief, Blessing, Men

  Wendell Berry (1978). “The unsettling of America: culture & agriculture”, Random House (NY)

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