Amending the constitution Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself.

— Thomas Jefferson

We may consider each generation as a distinct nation, with a right, by the will of its majority, to bind themselves, but none to…

— Thomas Jefferson

What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of…

— Hannah Arendt

But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and retain that…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.

— Faith Baldwin

every generation has a conceit of itself which elevates it, in its own opinion, above that which comes after it.

— Margaret Oliphant

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions…

— Li Peng

Every generation has the right to build its own world out of the materials of the past, cemented by the hopes of the future.

— Herbert Hoover

Each generation gets more accepting which is great.

— Willam Belli

It has been said that each generation must win its own struggle to be free. -Robert F. Kennedy

— Naomi Wolf

The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents.

— Anonymous

Every generation will be challenged morally once in their life about its government, and they will have to say where they stand.

— Nick Nolte