Country Quote by Thomas Jefferson

A generation may bind itself as long as its majority continues in life; when that has disappeared, another majority is in place, holds all…

— Thomas Jefferson

Each generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its happiness.

— Thomas Jefferson

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

— Margaret Thatcher

Amongst democratic nations, each new generation is a new people.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Going beyond “Every nation in my generation” to “Every Generation in my nation”

— Tan Seow How

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

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

— Lee H. Hamilton

Can one generation bind another, and all others, in succession forever? I think not. The Creator has made the earth for the living, not…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Margaret Oliphant

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

— Faith Baldwin

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

— James Madison

“nationalism will always produce at least one war each generation. It has done in the past, and I suppose we can rely on it…

— Aldous Huxley