(February 1940) If they say to us, "We must fight this war to preserve democracy", let us say to them, "There is no such thing as democracy in time of war. It is a lie, a deliberate deception to lead us to our own destruction. We will not die in order that our children may inherit a permanent military dictatorship".
- Dalton TrumboI think it`s your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.
- Kelsey GrammerMy Dear Friends, Colleagues and Fans: My physicians have recently told me I may have a neurological disorder whose symptoms are consistent with Alzheimer`s disease. So ... I wanted to prepare a few words for you now, because when the time comes, I may not be able to. I`ve lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I`ve found purpose and meaning in your response. For an actor there`s no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can`t part with you, which is why I won`t exclude you from this stage in my life. For now, I`m not changing anything. I`ll insist on work when I can; the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring in my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you`ll know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway. I`m neither giving up nor giving in. I believe I`m still the fighter that Dr. King and JFK and Ronald Reagan knew, but it`s a fight I must someday call a draw. I must reconcile courage and surrender in equal measure. Please feel no sympathy for me. I don`t. I just may be a little less accessible to you, despite my wishes. I also want you to know that I`m grateful beyond measure. My life has been blessed with good fortune. I`m grateful that I was born in America, that cradle of freedom and opportunity, where a kid from the Michigan Northwoods can work hard and make something of his life. I`m grateful for the gift of the greatest words ever written, that let me share with you the infinite scope of the human experience. As an actor, I`m thankful that I`ve lived not one life, but many. Above all, I`m proud of my family ... my wife Lydia, the queen of my heart, my children, Fraser and Holly, and my beloved grandchildren, Jack, Ridley and Charlie. They`re my biggest fans, my toughest critics and my proudest achievement. Through them, I can touch immortality. Finally, I`m confident about the future of America. I believe in you. I know that the future of our country, our culture and our children is in good hands. I know you will continue to meet adversity with strength and resilience, as our ancestors did, and come through with flying colors - the ones on Old Glory. William Shakespeare, at the end of his career, wrote his farewell through the words of Prospero, in The Tempest". It ends like this: `Be cheerful, sir. Our revels now are ended. These our actors, as I foretold you, were all spirits and are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, the cloud-capp`d towers, the gorgeous palaces, the solemn temples, the great globe itself, yea all which it inherit, shall dissolve and, like this insubstantial pageant faded, leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.` Thank you, and God bless you, everyone." (9 August 2002)
- Charlton HestonPity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
- Don MarquisInherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.
- Tony RandallThere`s a slayer statute that says if you murder somebody else, you don`t inherit from their estate. But if he was involved (in the embezzlement), then that`s why you have to include everything, because he could be liable (if) he was an accessory to the crime.
- Melissa WalkerThe revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
- Huey P. NewtonWe inherit nothing truly, but what our actions make us worthy of.
- George ChapmanThe biggest win you have to win is the locker room. ... And it`s very difficult when you inherit a football team - you go someplace and all of a sudden these guys have got seven-year contracts and the coaches have got three.
- Butch DavisIn no instance is there to be a musical or opera of Inherit the Wind because it doesn`t sing. It`s an intellectual play.
- Jerome LawrenceThe aftermath of the war is what inspired us to write many of our plays. The whole reason for our writing Inherit the Wind was that we were appalled at the blacklisting. We were appalled at thought control.
- Jerome LawrenceWe don`t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children
- Anthony MillsShe was still a second-class daughter. She did not inherit any of his estate.
- Asher MaozOnly the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.
- Ayn RandThe meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
- Jean Paul GettyTo kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
- Honore de Balzac