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To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.
Youngsters of this generation seem not quite so hazardous except in the way of mechanical speed, bad liquor and venereal diseases.
She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.
Barack Obama's name will be the one on the peace prize, but his speech and his manner could become a gift for generations to come.
This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.
A good story, a story resonant and remarkable, can be remade endlessly to tell new sides of itself for new generations of readers.
I care about this beautiful planet that we all share. This is a home that we have to leave in good shape for the next generations.
We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations
The flavors of the peach and the apricot are not lost from generation to generation. Neither are they transmitted by book learning.
Your positive impact on the generations to come will be directly related to the ministry you have in that little place called home.
I knew I could never match my father as a violinist, and there were already four generations of outstanding cellists in the family.
The Greatest Generation got to save old tires, dig a Victory Garden and forgo sugar. The Richest Generation is being asked to shop.
I think future generations will say the late 20th century and the early 21st century was a time of great convulsions and upheavals.
It's not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.
Chechens are not ethnically or culturally Russian, and have now been fighting for generations to free themselves from Russian rule.
There is a real sense of loss when a family sells a business they've spent generations building. I wanted to get some of that back.
I do want to be a spokesman for clean cycling - I believe somebody has to stand up for the current generation. I'm happy to do that.
I feel blessed in the knowledge that I probably belong to the last generation that will remember what we call "traditional America."
In its revolt against congestion and sordor, a space-hungry generation has, I fear, developed eyes that are bigger than its stomach.
If you know that you are not sure, you have a chance to improve the situation. I want to demand this freedom for future generations.
Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.
Congress must do what we said we would and find ways to pay for bills we propose so we don't leave future generations mired in debt.
I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.
Science fiction has been an inspiration to generations of scientists and engineers, and the film series 'Star Wars' is no exception.
I will work tirelessly to ensure our public lands are managed and preserved in a way that benefits everyone for generations to come.
Music can be new to you but not new right now. It can be really fun to ask people of different generations what they used to go see.
My father's family, I think, were mostly from Lancashire, but I don't know how far back we go. I think it's quite a few generations.
The question of the next generation will not be one of how to liberate the masses, but rather, how to make them love their servitude.
I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it.
Each generation criticizes the unconscious assumptions made by its parent. It may assent to them, but it brings them out in the open.
Torturous advances won over generations can be lost by a single stroke of a myopic president's pen or a vainglorious general's sword.
The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart.
This is a very connected, tolerant, creative generation, but a lot of them feel really constrained because they've got this big debt.
What a great time to be born! What a great time to be alive! Because this generation gets to essentially completely change the world.
I'm really looking forward to a time when generations after us look back and say how ridiculous it was that humans were driving cars.
At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of brotherhood should go out from here.
[Marxism will] in a generation or so [go] into the limbo of most heresies, but meanwhile it will have poisoned the Russian Revolution.
Our culture is something that has sustained us for thousands and thousands of years and will continue to do so in generations to come.
To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.
I can't single out one thing that influenced me. My generation was influenced greatly by the manga that came out during our childhood.
Australia's migrant communities have built the country. It has been one of the key pillars of Australia's prosperity over generations.
I think my job is to leave some evidence for future generations that there was somebody who cared while we were destroying everything.
We have an obligation to our men and women in uniform - and to future generations - to do something about the issue of climate change.
My work is as an ethnographic rescuer: a conduit between past and future generations. The urgency of this effort cannot be overstated.
We've always been for women, and we always will be for women. How we express that will be fluid over time as generations move forward.
In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.
As far as I know, we have never before decided to fight a war with borrowed money and ask generations that come after us to pay for it.
I inspired a new generation in the same way the previous generation inspired me. I believe that our democracy itself is very inspiring.
I really do feel like I'm in a generation where women are empowering and supporting each other. It's so amazing to feel a part of that.
The next generation has always been and will be better than the previous one. If it is not, then the world would not be moving forward.