George Hamilton

Democracy, if it meant what our forefathers said, that would be great, but unfortunately it's been corrupted by this funding and funding of campaigns. There's a much better way to do it. There could be a small amount of money given by every taxpayer to be dedicated to candidates.

American Actor

William Kingdon Clifford

An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life.

English Mathematician

Samuel Butler

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

British Poet

Francis Schaeffer

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.

American Theologian

Herbert Hoover

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

American President

Roh Moo-hyun

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.

South Korean Politician

Fletcher Knebel

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.

American Author

Raj Kundra

I never had any forefathers. I was never handed anything on a silver platter.

Michael J. Knowles

My own forefathers arrived in America in 1620 on the Mayflower.

Yahya Jammeh

Our forefathers used to live longer and healthy lives.

Politician

Use 'forefather' to express respect for ancestors' historical achievements or struggles.

Historical Respect

'Forefather' implies a distant past, not a recent ancestor like a grandfather.

Generational Distance

Although 'forefather' can refer to both genders, it traditionally signifies male ancestors.

Male Ancestors

Use 'forefather' to indicate someone's pioneering role in establishing something significant.

Foundational Role

'Forefather' used in this sense often refers to well-known historical individuals or groups.

Historical Figures

'Forefather' can collectively refer to a group of founders, not just individuals.

Collective Reference

 prior to this journey, and I didn't ever acknowledge him, I didn't ever appreciate him for the fact that I'm probably standing here today because of him. These people taught me that we are only who we are because of our parents and our grandparents and our forefathers going on and on and on before that,

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 that young people have as I mentioned young girls are in this younger generation they are the future and I am really really happy in and and hopeful that they will be change makers and they will improve this world they will fix what you know our forefathers in for

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 where he is remembered as “Buyuk Babamiz” or “our great forefather.” And yet today in Europe, India, and much of the Middle East, he's remembered as a butcher. That’s more reflection of the success of his own propaganda than of the man himself.

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 contrary to the burial rites of the Egyptian pharaohs the kings of cotner appear to have no interest in preserving the physical remains of their ancestors but evidence suggests their bond to their forefathers was important to them

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 It's an amazing phenomenon. All throughout the technology world, we're seeing young people bitten by this disease of sudden wealth syndrome. But they're using their wealth in a way that their forefathers never did.

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 modern social activist globalized YouTube Indonesia and local governments are managing to modify those for the life of our forefathers type Indonesia and actually it works pretty well now

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 They are in front of you. The best civil engineers we had, the best planners, the best architects. We can say that because of them, because of their forefathers,

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 In these polarized times, I'd like to revive two words you rarely hear humility and forgiveness. When you judge the past, your ancestors, your forefathers,

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 this is the forefathers installation I've already got a verdict of this bucket employing an ancient method used by woodsmen around the world the team

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 these elitists, if you will. Educated, well-dressed, some would dare say questionably dressed. Nonetheless, our forefathers, right?