Generations Quotes

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We invite people working for peace to span generations and national boundaries, and gather together to communicate. Let us firmly join hands and foster an… — Iccho Itoh
We are the generation that brought the bomb in. We have got to be the generation that should take it out. — Martin Sheen
Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations,… — Alexander Herzen
No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community. And if… — David Spangler
What this misguided world and generation needs is a massive group of courageous and caring, wise and unwearying women. — Elaine A. Cannon
[A] new generation, innocent of the divisions of the Cold War, this coming-of-age. ... If its members do not feel the urgency to escape the… — Jonathan Schell
We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems. — Ruben Hinojosa
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of… — Dennis Kucinich
Question everything, even if it represents generations of conventional wisdom. — Robert Ringer
When the generation after me started getting on the cut, a lot of them would call me over to hang out or go jam and… — Kid Koala
Our connection to nature grounds us, it makes us more spiritually aware. We must keep the legacy of nature materially alive for future generations. — Nelly Furtado
Human rights education is much more than a lesson in schools or a theme for a day; it is a process to equip people with… — Kofi Annan
Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before. — Owen Chamberlain
The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics. — Ed Miliband
Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it. — Osbert Lancaster
The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in many poor countries… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
It is a strangely irrational notion that there is something in the very flow of time that will inevitably cure all ills. Actually time is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If my people are wiped out you must destroy all photographs of us, because future generations will look at our photographs and be too ashamed… — Davi Kopenawa Yanomami
All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and… — A. A. Gill
They fought on with a devotion which would puzzle the generation of the 1980s. More surprising, in many instances it would have baffled the men… — William Manchester

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