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I`m a lifelong liberal. I`ve never been a real activist - I just shoot my mouth off. When I knew Ronald Reagan, he was an affable, boring fellow. Now he`s an icon. It`s incredible. Like half of America, I`m doubly mystified by Reagan`s spiritual heir, our current president. (2001)

- Richard Widmark

African-Americans know I spent part of my childhood in public housing, I am a natural heir of the Reagan revolution.

- Ken Blackwell

You can check under maiden names, prior names, or names of people in your family that may be deceased as you might be a rightful heir,

- Steve Carter

The crown is not my right, and pleaseth me not. The Lady Mary is the rightful heir.

- Jane Grey

My other brother, the Lord Lucas, who was heir to my father`s estate, and as it were the father to take care of us all, is not less valiant than they were, although his skill in the discipline of war was not so much, not being bred therein.

- Aly Byorick

Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

- Ambrosia Prudhomme

If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy.

- Ambrosia Prudhomme

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.

- Andreu Guarneri

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and see those mysteries which the books of the learned never unfold?

- Andrew Eakle

They didn`t like the unknown of not knowing who would follow on, ... There was no heir apparent.

- Avril Graham

"An unforgettable, great day for us on which so clearly the mercy of God has visited us. At 1:15 in the afternoon, Alix gave birth to a son who was in prayer named Alexei. Everything has happened remarkably soon - for me at least. In the morning, as usual, I visited Mama, then I received a report from Kokovtsov and the artillery officer Kleptov wounded at Wafangou and I went to Alix to have lunch. She was already upstairs, and half an hour later this happy event came about. I have no words worthy enough to be able to thank God for the consolation granted by Him in this year of hard trials. Darling Alix felt quite well. Mama came at 2 and sat long by my side before her first meeting with her new grandchild. At five I went to church service together with the children where the whole family had gathered. Wrote a mass of telegrams." The whole country was overjoyed at the birth of an heir after waiting nearly 10 years for one

- Nicholas II of Russia