This Generation Quotes

• We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Integrity, Anger, Character

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.96, Beacon Press

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• This generation is so dead. You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of building model cars or airplanes or doing something creative. Kids today never say, 'Man, I'm really into remote-controlled steamboats.'

  Jack White

  Airplane, Kids, Men

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  The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate... we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

  John F. Kennedy

  Peace, Strong, Hate

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• Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

  Ronald Reagan

  Veterans Day, Freedom, Our Veterans

  Labor Day Address at Liberty State Park, delivered 1 September 1980, Jersey City, New Jersey

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• I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

  Kanye West

  Inspirational, Voice, Generations

  "Kanye West's Best Quotes: 'How could you be me and want to be someone else?'" by Jim Merrett, www.esquire.com. December 5, 2015.

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• Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.

  Robert Kennedy

  Change, Courage, Creativity

  Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

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• This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Destiny, Presidential, Generations

  Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

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• That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.

  Jay-Z

  Fun, Party, Nightlife

  "Letter to the President" (Video), www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Generations, Rendezvous, Given

  Speech accepting renomination as president, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 June 1936

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• Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.

  Gene Roddenberry

  Men, Years, Civilization

  Star Trek: The Next Generation (television series). This third mission statement was first used in the episode "Encounter at Farpoint" (1987). See Killian 1; Roddenberry 2; Roddenberry 3

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• Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

  Lois Wyse

  Grandma, Grandmother, Grandchildren

  Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.39, Harmony

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• To boldly go where no one has gone before

  Stephen Hawking

  Courage, Gone, Cider

  Lucy Hawking, Stephen Hawking (2009). “George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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• Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

  Lewis Mumford

  Family, Father, Grandmother

  The Brown Decades ch. 1 (1931)

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• I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would burn my books, the work of my whole life. On the other hand, the generation which interprets these writings will be an educated generation; they will understand me and say: Not all were asleep in the nighttime of our grandparents.

  Jose Rizal

  Book, Writing, Hands

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• Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

  Ronald Reagan

  Strength, Peace, Children

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

  William James

  Positive, Attitude, Philosophical

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• Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it's in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Thought Provoking, Events, Generations

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• This generation has lost the true meaning of romance. There are so many songs that disrespect women. You can’t treat the woman you love as a piece of meat. You should treat your love like a princess. Give her love songs, something with real meaning. Maybe I’m old fashioned but to respect the woman you love should be a priority.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Respect, Song, Real

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• There never was a set of men since God made the world under a stronger responsibility to warn this generation, to lift up our voices long and loud, day and night as far as we have the opportunity and declare the words of God unto this generation. We are required to do this. This is our calling. It is our duty. It is our business.

  Wilford Woodruff

  Responsibility, Opportunity, Night

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• What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.

  Paul Hawken

  Climate, Generations, Alive

  "Review: 'The 11th Hour' a message of hope for Mother Earth" by Joe Garofoli, www.sfgate.com. August 23, 2007.

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• Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old... When history looks back to this era it should recognize this generation as one which cared about human beings enough to halt the practice of war, to provide a decent living for every family, and to fulfill its responsibility to its children from the very moment of conception.

  Edward Kennedy

  Children, War, Believe

  "Pro-Choice Kennedy Was Pro-Life In 1971". www.wnd.com. August 3, 2005.

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• Historically, things were moving in a pretty good direction until the Reagan presidency. And then it all got reversed. The Mexico City policy was instituted - the idea of wrecking the environment for this generation's profit and forgetting about our gets got firmly embedded. I'm sad to say the Clinton administration didn't turn it around and the Bush administration, well, I think they're the worst administration we've ever had, and I used to be a Republican.

  Paul R. Ehrlich

  Moving, Thinking, Cities

  "Q&A: Paul Ehrlich". Interview with Jesse Finfrock, www.motherjones.com. 2008.

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• I think we're seeing that the way we've done parenting cannot be sustainable in this generation, for sure.

  Shefali Tsabary

  Thinking, Generations, Done

  Source: www.chicagonow.com

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• The advance of human freedom - the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time - now depends on us. Our nation - this generation - will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

  George W. Bush

  Dark, People, History

  Address to Joint Session of Congress Following 9/11 Attacks, delivered 20 September 2001

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