Definition of Heritage

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Definition of Heritage
	Heritage That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance. A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Related Definitions: Also, As, Charge, Chosen, Flock, From, God, Heir, Inheritance, Inherited, Is, Or, Pastoral, People, Possession, That, The, To, Under, Which

Heritage Quotations

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham Lincoln

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
Walt Disney

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.
Jim Rohn

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert Kennedy

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I've led this empty life for over forty years and now I can pass that heritage on and ensure that the misery will continue for at least one more generation.
Larry David

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.
Thurgood Marshall

My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Gerald R. Ford

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
Abdul Kalam

Heritage Translations

heritage in German is Erbschaft
heritage in Norwegian is arv
heritage in Spanish is herencia
heritage in Swedish is arv

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