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Synonyms for forefathers
fore·fa·thers
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List of paraphrases for "forefathers":
ancestors, forebears, great-grandfathers, predecessors, fathers, forbears
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Islam Minister DeAndre Muhammad:
This city will not have a race war, they say. But we must realize that we were victims of war as soon as the soles of our forefathers' feet set foot on the United States of America, we are casualties of war.
Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to the wise and considered self-government.
The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters.
Every man thinks with himself, I am well, I am wise, and laughs at others; and ?tis a general fault amongst them all, that which our forefathers approved?diet, apparel, humours, customs, manners?we deride and reject in our time as absurd.
His brutal, bullying bigotry runs contrary to the very principles our forefathers fought so hard to defend.
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