Hereditary Prince of Leiningen

Famous quotes containing the words hereditary and/or prince:

    “We bring [to government] no hereditary status or gift of infallibility and none follows us from this place.”
    —Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)

    “Daddy?
    That’s another kind of prison.
    It’s not the prince at all,
    but my father
    drunkenly bent over my bed,
    circling the abyss like a shark....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)