Our Generation Quotes

171 Our Generation quotes by 146 unique authors

Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation, — Patrick Stewart
German militarism and Nazism have devastated twice in our generation the lands of German neighbors. — James F. Byrnes
The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of… — Samuel Beckett
It drives me crazy to see so much of this planet's life so casually endangered. The first steps are so easy (drive smaller cars, for… — Bill McKibben
Every generation faces a challenge. In the 1930s, it was the creation of Social Security. In the 1960s, it was putting a man on the… — Eileen Claussen
History balances the frustration of 'how far we have to go' with the satisfaction of 'how far we have come.' It teaches us tolerance for… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some… — Michael Bloomberg
People from pre-sexual revolution and even from the 60s and the birth of the gay movement still define gay as two men or two women… — Dustin Lance Black
Justice needs money; it always has . . . whether for abolition of slavery and early women's rights movements or the civil rights and environmental… — Ralph Nader
That is our generation's task, to make these works, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every… — Barack Obama
The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security and the environment.… — Dilma Rousseff
So another challenge for our generation is to create global institutions that reflect our ideas of fairness and responsibility, not the ideas that were the… — Gordon Brown
One hundred years ago, visionary political leaders from the Progressive Era established a system of national forests and parks in our country that are the… — Eban Goodstein
The challenge is either to build an economy that is sustainable or to stay with our unsustainable economy until it declines. It is not a… — Lester R. Brown
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a… — Eric Clapton
We are in a strange kind of time, where the kind of liberation movements such as anti-apartheid movements and freedom struggles in India need to… — Vandana Shiva
It is now our generation's task to carry on what those pioneers began. For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and… — Barack Obama
For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle… — Richard Perle
It’s our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance. The average American used to be more than 20 times richer than the average… — Niall Ferguson
It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation. — T.E. Lawrence
Looking back 25 years later, what I may say is that the facts have been far better than the dreams. In the long course of… — Albert Claude
It is interesting seeing young people these days and watching how unimportant music is in their lives compared with our generation. — Alison Moyet
Sustainable development is not an option! It is the only path that allows all of humanity to share a decent life on this, one planet.… — Sha Zukang
It has been left to our generation to discover that you can move heaven and earth to save five minutes and then not have the… — C. E. M. Joad
Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God. — Matt Chandler

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