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Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

- Alan Christensen

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

- Alvin Rosenfeld

If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

- Mary McLeod Bethune