Forebears Quotes

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

OK, well maybe I have to get back to Judaism. In the sense that if I look at me and my forebears forever stretching back to I don't know, whenever there's no sense of place and therefore no sense of nationality.

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.

All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.