Posterity Quotes

"That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which when they enter into a state of society they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity"

"The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing"

"Posterity, you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it"

"Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?"

"The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed"

"Posterity — you will never know how much it has cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it"