Legitimate Descendants

Famous quotes containing the words legitimate and/or descendants:

“A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)

“Not only does democracy make every man forget his ancestors, but also clouds their view of their descendants and isolates them from their contemporaries. Each man is for ever thrown back on himself alone, and there is danger that he may be shut up in the solitude of his own heart.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)