Anthony Kennedy Quotes

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand.

I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you're going.

Being an American is a state of mind, and to be in a family is to feel the power of belonging, the power of your roots. Family is a tree, the strength of a tree, the roots, the leaves, the past and the present, the future, the fruits, the seeds.

Let us contend for all the rights guaranteed by the constitution of our native country.

Young people today know little of our history—of freedom and democracy. You cannot support and defend what you do not understand.

The greatest guarantee for the preservation of a person’s identity is language and faith, and all Armenians must carry these two values.

For more than 1000 years our spiritual traditions and common values have been nurtured and begotten here. Today, as we restore the value of patriotism, historical memory and cultural tradition, we are seeking firmer bonds with Mount Athos.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

You can't build a future if you don't have a past.

For Conservatives, all disputes over law, liberty and justice are addressed to a historic and existing community. The root of politics, they believe, is attachment - the motive in human beings that binds them to the place, the customs, the history and the people who are theirs.

If you forget your history, you forget who you are.

It's good to know where you've come from.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.

We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

We have to really educate ourselves in a way about who we are, what our real identity is.

You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an American I was born, an American I have remained all my life.

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican.